From: Misinformation and the US Ebola communication crisis: analyzing the veracity and content of social media messages related to a fear-inducing infectious disease outbreak
Tweet Characteristic
Tweets Containing Misinformation
Tweets Without Misinformation
χ2
Value
P value
Degrees of freedom
Promotes discord
45%
26%
40.38
< 0.001
1
Political
36%
24%
15.87
Risk Increasing
76%
39%
127.58