Table 2.
Topics covered by Twitter and Google News HPV vaccination articles.
| Topics | Twitter (n=100) | Google News (n=100) | χ2 | df | P value | ||
| Freq. | % | Freq. | % |
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| Protection against diseases | 75 | 75.0 | 89 | 89.0 | 6.640b | 1 | .01 |
| Side effects | 66 | 66.0 | 52 | 52.0 | 4.051a | 1 | .04 |
| Vaccine eligibility for females | 66 | 66.0 | 85 | 85.0 | 9.758b | 1 | .002 |
| Duration | 48 | 48.0 | 41 | 41.0 | 0.992 | 1 | .32 |
| Politics | 46 | 46.0 | 27 | 27.0 | 7.788a | 1 | .005 |
| Dosing | 39 | 39.0 | 33 | 33.0 | 0.781 | 1 | .38 |
| Vaccine efficacy | 39 | 39.0 | 53 | 53.0 | 3.945b | 1 | .047 |
| Vaccine cost | 33 | 33.0 | 29 | 29.0 | 0.374 | 1 | .54 |
| Vaccine eligibility for males | 31 | 31.0 | 27 | 27.0 | 0.389 | 1 | .53 |
aCovered more frequently by the Twitter articles (P<.05).
bCovered more frequently by the Google News articles (P<.05).