Table 2.
Proportion of TikTok videos themes for misleading/incorrect videos in each month
| Included | January 2020 |
February 2020 |
March 2020 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n |
Percent |
n |
Percent |
n |
Percent |
|
| 77 | 36.10% | 64 | 27.47% | 37 | 20.22% | |
| Intended validity | ||||||
| Informativeab | 42 | 54.55% | 17 | 26.56% | 11 | 29.73% |
| Video production | ||||||
| Actionac | 75 | 97.40% | 59 | 92.19% | 30 | 81.08% |
| Postprocessing effects | 12 | 15.58% | 12 | 18.75% | 5 | 13.51% |
| Static images | 1 | 1.30% | 4 | 6.25% | 2 | 5.41% |
| Text on screenac | 55 | 71.43% | 44 | 68.75% | 21 | 56.76% |
| Video sentiment | ||||||
| Humor/parodyac | 45 | 58.44% | 47 | 73.44% | 21 | 56.76% |
| Fearabc | 37 | 48.05% | 22 | 34.38% | 5 | 13.51% |
| Empathyc | 2 | 2.60% | 5 | 7.81% | 0 | .00% |
| Neutralb | 11 | 14.29% | 3 | 4.69% | 8 | 21.62% |
| Video content | ||||||
| Exposeabc | 22 | 28.57% | 10 | 15.63% | 3 | 8.11% |
| Healthac | 29 | 37.66% | 34 | 53.13% | 13 | 35.14% |
| Mapsa | 4 | 5.19% | 1 | 1.56% | 0 | .00% |
| Dancinga | 9 | 11.69% | 3 | 4.69% | 1 | 2.70% |
| Healthcare workers | 6 | 7.79% | 6 | 9.38% | 2 | 5.41% |
| Political | 4 | 5.19% | 5 | 7.81% | 2 | 5.41% |
| Racial Commentac | 16 | 20.78% | 14 | 21.88% | 1 | 2.70% |
| Technologyab | 19 | 24.68% | 7 | 10.94% | 3 | 8.11% |
a
p value < .05 comparing January with February 2020.
b
p value < .05 comparing February with March 2020.
c
p value < .05 comparing January with March 2020 (two-proportions Z-test).