Table 6.
A summary of some of the questions based on the participant’s gender and age (N = 1967)
| Gender | Age | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | Below 18 | 19–30 | 31–50 | Above 50 | ||
| Question 1: Which social media platform do you use to get news and information about COVID-19? | 690(75.9%) | 751(71.0%) | 161(11.2%) | 829(57.5%) | 410(28.5%) | 41(2.8%) | |
| Telegram | 128(14.1%) | 157(14.8%) | 22(7.7%) | 173(60.7%) | 76(26.7%) | 14(4.9%) | |
| YouTube | 32(3.5%) | 53(5.0%) | 10(11.8%) | 60(70.6%) | 11(12.9%) | 4(4.7%) | |
| 32(3.5%) | 42(4.0%) | 11(14.9%) | 33(44.6%) | 26(35.1%) | 4(5.4%) | ||
| 12(1.3%) | 22(2.1%) | 3(8.8%) | 28(82.4%) | 2(5.9%) | 1(2.9%) | ||
| Whats App | 1(0.1%) | 5(0.5%) | 1(16.7%) | 1(16.7%) | 2(33.3%) | 2(33.3%) | |
| Imo | 0(0.0%) | 3(0.3%) | 1(3.3%) | 2(66.7%) | 0(0.0%) | 0(0.0%) | |
| 0(0.0%) | 3(0.3%) | 0(0.0%) | 1(33.3%) | 1(33.3%) | 1(33.3%) | ||
| TikTok | 1(0.1%) | 3(0.3%) | 0(0.0%) | 3(75.0%) | 1(25.0%) | 0(0.0%) | |
| Skype | 1(0.1%) | 3(0.3%) | 0(0.0%) | 2(50.0%) | 2(50.0%) | 0(0.0%) | |
| Viber | 0(0.0%) | 5(0.5%) | 1(20.0%) | 2(40.0%) | 1(20.0%) | 1(20.0%) | |
| Other | 12(1.3%) | 11(1.0%) | 0(0.0%) | 12(52.2%) | 9(39.1%) | 2(8.7%) | |
| Question 2: During the four months after the pandemic began, what news topic have you heard/seen/read the most on social media? | Social news | 10(1.1%) | 20(1.9%) | 4(13.3%) | 16(53.3%) | 8(26.7%) | 2(6.7%) |
| Health news (COVID-19) | 810(89.1%) | 925(87.4%) | 184(10.6%) | 1012(58.3%) | 477(27.5%) | 62(3.6%) | |
| Technology news | 10(1.1%) | 14(1.3%) | 3(12.5%) | 12(50.0%) | 9(37.5%) | 0(0.0%) | |
| Economy news | 2(0.2%) | 6(0.6%) | 1(12.5%) | 6(75.0%) | 1(12.5%) | 0(0.0%) | |
| Sport news | 62(6.8%) | 75(7.1%) | 17(12.4%) | 82(59.9%) | 34(24.8%) | 4(2.9%) | |
| Miscellaneous news | 2(0.2%) | 5(0.5%) | 0(0.0%) | 4(57.1%) | 2(28.6%) | 1(14.3%) | |
| Political news | 8(0.9%) | 11(1.0%) | 0(0.0%) | 10(52.6%) | 9(47.4%) | 0(0.0%) | |
| Cultural news | 5(0.6%) | 2(0.2%) | 1(14.3%) | 4(57.1% | 1(14.3%) | 1(14.3%) | |