John Campbell | |
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| Born | 1957 or 1958 (age 66–67)[1] |
| Citizenship | United Kingdom |
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| Years active | 2007–present | |||||||||
| Genre | Health | |||||||||
| Subscribers | 2.29 million[2] | |||||||||
| Total views | 470 million[2] | |||||||||
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Last updated: 18 March 2022 | ||||||||||
John L. Campbell is a British YouTuber and retired nurse educator who has posted YouTube videos and spread misinformation on his Dr. John Campbell channel commenting on the COVID-19 pandemic. By January 2022, his videos had been viewed more than 429 million times.
Early life and education edit
Campbell spent his early life primarily in Stanwix, Cumbria.[3]
Campbell received a diploma in nursing from the University of London and Bachelor of Science in biology from the Open University. He subsequently earned a Master of Science in health science from the University of Lancaster and a Ph.D. in nursing education from the University of Bolton.[3] The doctorate was awarded in 2013 for work on developing teaching methods using digital media such as online videos.[3]
Career edit
Campbell worked as a nursing educator at the University of Cumbria, and has experience as an A&E nurse.[4] He has also taught health workers in India and Cambodia.[4] He is the author of Campbell's Physiology Notes and Campbell's Pathophysiology Notes nursing-related biosciences text books. A 2011 book review in Emergency Nurse magazine said Campbell's Physiology Notes was "excellent, inexpensive notes on the causes, pathophysiological changes and clinical features seen in disease processes".[5]
In 2008, Campbell established a YouTube channel to provide educational lectures on topics in health science and nursing.[6] Until 2020, his videos received, on average, several thousand views each.[6] With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, however, his YouTube channel began to receive significant traffic, during which period he pivoted to focus on major issues related to the pandemic.[6] Between February and March 2020, his channel increased from an average of 500,000 views per month to 9.6 million, the plurality of which originated from the United States.[7] By September 2020, his videos had been viewed more than 50 million times.[8] Campbell has spoken of the importance of "a calm and measured approach that is as informed as possible"[9] and aims to assist people in making informed decisions about their health, giving a counterbalance to what he perceived were other persons on social media "spreading absolutely bonkers – and sometimes dangerous – information".[7]
In August 2020, UNICEF's regional office for Europe and Central Asia cited Campbell's YouTube channel as an excellent example of how experts might engage with social media to combat misinformation,[10] citing a March 2020 briefing by Social Science in Action.[11]
Personal life edit
Campbell resides in Carlisle in the United Kingdom.[8] He has two children.[1]
Selected publications edit
- Campbell, John (2006). Campbell's Physiology Notes For Nurses. Wiley. ISBN 978-0-470-03241-1.
Socker to watch edit
References edit
- ^ a b "Retired doctor becomes YouTube sensation for coronavirus videos". news.com.au. March 15, 2020. Retrieved November 19, 2021.
- ^ a b "About Dr. John Campbell". YouTube.
- ^ a b c "Double Doctorates". Connect (Newsletter) (Autumn). University of Cumbria: 7. 2013.
- ^ a b "Doctor's virus videos go global". Newsroom. March 23, 2020. Retrieved December 17, 2021.
- ^ Evans R (2011). "Campbell's Physiology Notes". Emergency Nurse (Book review). 19 (3): 9. doi:10.7748/en.19.3.9.s3. PMID 27645791.
- ^ a b c Harris, Margot (March 16, 2020). "An emergency nurse went viral on YouTube for his videos on the coronavirus, bringing in millions of views on his health and science lectures". Business Insider. Retrieved November 19, 2021.
- ^ a b Marsh, Sarah (March 7, 2020). "UK manufacturers and YouTube medics see coronavirus surge". The Guardian. Retrieved November 19, 2021.
- ^ a b Colley, Jacob (September 10, 2020). "Dr John Campbell makes coronavirus ventilation plea". News & Star. Retrieved November 19, 2021.
- ^ Harris, Margot (March 16, 2020). "An emergency nurse went viral on YouTube for his videos on the coronavirus, bringing in millions of views on his health and science lectures". Insider. Retrieved December 21, 2021.
- ^ Bianco V (August 2020). "Countering Online Misinformation—Resource Pack" (pdf). Tomsa S, Vasques MM, Stefanet S. UNICEF.
- ^ Social Science in Humanitarian Action. "Key considerations: online information, mis- and disinformation in the context of COVID-19 (March 2020)" (PDF).
Further reading edit
- Gorski D (November 15, 2021). "Pfizer's new COVID-19 protease inhibitor drug is not just 'repackaged ivermectin'". Science-Based Medicine.
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