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. 2015 May 26;17(5):e128. doi: 10.2196/jmir.3863

Table 6.

Sentiments of coded measles-related tweets, retweets, and other social media messages.

Sentiment Tweets
n=1356
Retweets
n=626
Other social media
n=464
Total
N=2446

n (%) 95% CI n (%) 95% CI n (%) 95% CI n (%) 95% CI
Information 667 (49.19) 46.53-51.85 214 (34.2) 30.5-38.0 82 (17.7) 14.4-21.3 963 (39.37) 37.45-41.32
Frustration 238 (17.55) 15.60-19.65 232 (37.1) 33.3-40.9 106 (22.8) 19.2-26.8 576 (23.55) 21.90-25.26
Other 123 (9.07) 7.63-10.69 46 (7.4) 5.5-9.6 128 (27.6) 23.7-31.8 297 (12.14) 10.89-13.48
Humor/
Sarcasm
144 (10.62) 9.06-12.34 78 (12.5) 10.0-15.2 46 (9.9) 7.4-12.9 268 (10.96) 9.76-12.24
Concern 59 (4.35) 3.36-5.54 24 (3.8) 2.5-5.6 37 (8.0) 5.8-10.7 120 (4.91) 4.10-5.82
Question 78 (5.75) 4.60-7.09 15 (2.4) 1.4-3.8 13 (2.8) 1.6-4.6 106 (4.33) 3.58-5.20
Minimized risk 23 (1.70) 1.10-2.49 8 (1.3) 0.6-2.4 27 (5.8) 3.9-8.2 58 (2.37) 1.82-3.03
Personal experience 12 (0.88) 0.48-1.50 1 (0.2) 0.0-0.8 19 (4.1) 2.6-6.2 32 (1.31) 0.91-1.82
Relief 12 (0.88) 0.48-1.50 8 (1.3) 0.6-2.4 6 (1.3) 0.5-2.7 26 (1.06) 0.71-1.53