Table 5 Cascade size, structural virality and normalized structural virality of information cascades created by four different categories of users who tweeted about Ebola from March 23, 2014 to May 31, 2015
From: How did Ebola information spread on twitter: broadcasting or viral spreading?
Categories of users who created the information cascades | Percentage of total cascades | Cascade size (Q1, median, Q3) | Structural virality (Q1, median, Q3) | Normalized structural virality (Q1, median, Q3) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Influential users | 91.6% | (14, 21, 42) | (1.89, 1.98, 2.15) | (0.00, 0.00, 0.04) |
Hidden influential users | 7.1% | (13, 17, 26) | (1.93, 2.09, 2.61) | (0.01, 0.04, 0.15) |
Disseminators | 0.6% | (12, 13, 16) | (1.92, 2.15, 2.64) | (0.01, 0.09, 0.23) |
Common users | 0.7% | (12, 14, 18) | (1.98, 2.28, 2.86) | (0.04, 0.13, 0.27) |