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cord-281412-r3um3g44	Ostrovsky, Adam M.	TikTok and Its Role in Coronavirus Disease 2019 Information Propagation	2020-08-29		.txt	text/plain	597	37	54	However, with recent concerns of a growing number of cases arising from young adults [4] , an increased understanding of COVID-19 portrayal on social media is valuable in deciphering young adult sentiment on the virus and how their views on the seriousness of the pandemic may be colored by the variety of messages they receive about it. One of the most recent platforms to surge to prominence has been TikTok, a social network with more than 45.6 million active users in the U.S.dwith 63.5% being aged <29 yearsd [5] where creators post videos of themselves talking, dancing, or lipsyncing. Given social media's ability to propagate factually inaccurate medical information at an alarming rate [6] , we analyzed the 100 most popular videos in each of the three largest COVID-19e related categories on TikTok. As of July 12, 2020, these were videos earmarked with the hashtags "covid-19," "covid19," and "coronavirus," which have reached 4.4 billion, 33.3 billion, and 93.1 billion views, respectively, demonstrating the platform's immense ability to encourage sharing.	./cache/cord-281412-r3um3g44.txt	./txt/cord-281412-r3um3g44.txt