TABLE 2.
Non-verbal displays and topics in disinformation messages.
| Model 1. Dependent Variable: Positive Facial Emotional Display (Yes/No) |
Model 2. Dependent Variable: Contractive Body Pose (Yes/No) |
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| Observed Coef. | Bias | Bootstrap Std. Err. | [95% BCA Conf. Interval] | Observed Coef. | Bias | Bootstrap Std. Err. | [95% BCA Conf. Interval] | |||
| Topic: Vaccine | 1.543 | 0.091 | 0.459 | 0.597 | 2.362 | 0.906 | 0.109 | 0.564 | −0.259 | 1.902 |
| Topic: Masks | −0.261 | −0.001 | 0.604 | −1.451 | 0.895 | −0.178 | 0.060 | 0.730 | −1.608 | 1.285 |
| Topic: Lockdown | −0.527 | 0.021 | 0.542 | −1.653 | 0.480 | −0.347 | −0.120 | 0.570 | −1.323 | 0.924 |
| Topic: Social distancing | 0.657 | 0.007 | 0.669 | −0.708 | 1.922 | −0.392 | −0.046 | 0.901 | −1.859 | 1.840 |
| Topic: Disease contagion/spread/extent | 0.401 | 0.038 | 0.417 | −0.349 | 1.279 | 1.425 | 0.155 | 0.672 | 0.171 | 2.642 |
| Topic: Disease consequences | −0.468 | 0.041 | 0.388 | −1.266 | 0.316 | 0.016 | −0.029 | 0.469 | −0.851 | 0.851 |
| Topic: Disease cure | 0.157 | 0.137 | 0.538 | −1.023 | 1.097 | −2.368 | 0.149 | 0.518 | −3.791 | −1.580 |
| Topic: Testing | −0.294 | −0.097 | 0.861 | −1.951 | 1.227 | 0.603 | −0.113 | 0.736 | −1.011 | 2.007 |
| Topic: Technology-related | −0.989 | −0.176 | 0.725 | −2.417 | 0.234 | −1.536 | −0.012 | 0.958 | −3.519 | 0.301 |
| Topic: Economy-related | 0.710 | 0.012 | 0.582 | −0.474 | 1.854 | 0.824 | −0.094 | 0.627 | −0.427 | 2.098 |
| Topic: Other category | 0.474 | 0.040 | 0.437 | −0.479 | 1.263 | 0.288 | −0.061 | 0.573 | −0.747 | 1.420 |
| Constant | −1.706 | −0.149 | 0.429 | −2.389 | −0.870 | −2.772 | −0.171 | 0.660 | −3.929 | −1.654 |
| N | 245 | 245 | ||||||||
| Replications | 1416 | 755 | ||||||||
| Wald chi2 (9) | 16.83 | 26.83 | ||||||||
| Prob > chi2 | 0.113 | 0.005 | ||||||||
| Pseudo R2 | 0.077 | 0.115 | ||||||||
| Log pseudolikelihood | −121.56 | −92.054 | ||||||||
| Replications based on 174 clusters in id | ||||||||||
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| Average marginal effect | Bootstrap Std. Err. | P>| z| | [95% Conf. Interval] | Average marginal effect | Bootstrap Std. Err. | P>| z| | [95% Conf. Interval] | |||
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| Topic: Vaccine | 0.248 | 0.069 | 0.000 | 0.113 | 0.384 | 0.105 | 0.063 | 0.098 | −0.019 | 0.229 |
| Topic: Masks | −0.042 | 0.097 | 0.666 | −0.232 | 0.148 | −0.021 | 0.085 | 0.808 | −0.187 | 0.146 |
| Topic: Lockdown | −0.085 | 0.087 | 0.330 | −0.255 | 0.086 | −0.040 | 0.066 | 0.542 | −0.169 | 0.089 |
| Topic: Social distancing | 0.106 | 0.107 | 0.321 | −0.103 | 0.315 | −0.045 | 0.105 | 0.664 | −0.251 | 0.160 |
| Topic: Disease contagion/spread/extent | 0.065 | 0.067 | 0.334 | −0.066 | 0.196 | 0.165 | 0.074 | 0.026 | 0.020 | 0.311 |
| Topic: Disease consequences | −0.075 | 0.063 | 0.228 | −0.198 | 0.047 | 0.002 | 0.054 | 0.974 | −0.105 | 0.108 |
| Topic: Disease cure | 0.025 | 0.086 | 0.769 | −0.144 | 0.194 | −0.275 | 0.071 | 0.000 | −0.415 | −0.135 |
| Topic: Testing | −0.047 | 0.138 | 0.732 | −0.318 | 0.223 | 0.070 | 0.086 | 0.414 | −0.098 | 0.238 |
| Topic: Technology-related | −0.159 | 0.115 | 0.167 | −0.385 | 0.067 | −0.178 | 0.109 | 0.104 | −0.393 | 0.036 |
| Topic: Economy-related | 0.114 | 0.092 | 0.214 | −0.066 | 0.294 | 0.096 | 0.071 | 0.181 | −0.044 | 0.236 |
| Topic: Other category | 0.076 | 0.070 | 0.275 | −0.061 | 0.213 | 0.033 | 0.066 | 0.616 | −0.097 | 0.164 |