Table 2.
Summary of information sources used in tweets.
| Information sources | English | Malay | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | N | % | |
| No external source | 96 | 27.3% | 172 | 40.2% | 268 | 34.4% |
| Official/peer-reviewed sources | 200 | 56.8% | 54 | 12.6% | 254 | 32.5% |
| Official organisation/peer-reviewed websites | 89 | 25.3% | 15 | 3.5% | 104 | 13.3% |
| News | 53 | 15.0% | 38 | 8.9% | 91 | 11.6% |
| Research/journal articles | 58 | 16.5% | 1 | 0.2% | 59 | 7.6% |
| Miscellaneous sources | 56 | 15.9% | 202 | 47.2% | 258 | 33.1% |
| Blogs/unofficial websites | 32 | 9.1% | 147 | 34.3% | 179 | 23.0% |
| Company websites | 15 | 4.3% | 12 | 2.8% | 27 | 3.5% |
| Facebook/Instagram | 0 | 0.0% | 37 | 8.7% | 37 | 4.7% |
| YouTube videos/podcasts | 9 | 2.5% | 6 | 1.4% | 15 | 1.9% |
| Grand total | 352 | 100.0% | 428 | 100.0% | 780 | 100.0% |