YouTube Videos and Comments Surrounding Election Fraud Conspiracy Theories in South Korea

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This research examines the prevalence and characteristics of election fraud conspiracy theories on YouTube following the 2022 elections in South Korea.
Collected 474 YouTube videos and 64,548 comments related to election fraud between April 1 and December 11, 2024.
Classified videos into conspiracy, anti-conspiracy, and mixed groups and analyzed using keyword frequency and network centrality with text embedding and multilayer linear models.
Examined the communication structure and cohesion of conspiracy and anti-conspiracy viewer groups.
90.08% of analyzed videos support conspiracy theories, with 97.64% of commenters viewing only conspiracy-related content.
Conspiracy viewers exhibited a statistically significant higher cohesion compared to mixed group viewers.
There is a positive correlation (r=0.49) between keywords in conspiracy video titles and comments, indicating social choice effects.

Analyzes YouTube election fraud conspiracy videos, revealing significant bias and viewer engagement patterns.

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