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. 2022 Jun 29;17(6):e0266743. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0266743

Table 6. Results of the negative binomial regression model for the reactions count.

Parameter B Sig. Exp(B)
(Intercept) -12.750 .000 0.001

Headline

Word length (avg.) –0.206 .000 0.814***
Word count (log2) –0.008 .842 0.992
Question count –0.786 .398 0.456
Unusual punctuation 0.550 .000 1.733***
Common phrases –0.259 .000 0.772***
Unigrams –0.077 .262 0.926
Sentiment 0.173 .002 1.189**

Post text

Word length (avg.) 0.040 .034 1.041*
Word count (log2) 0.063 .003 1.065***
Question count –0.239 .000 0.787***
Unusual punctuation –0.215 .027 0.807*
Common phrases 0.057 .369 1.059
Unigrams 0.334 .000 1.396***
Sentiment 0.053 .300 1.055

Topics

Business –0.006 .977 0.994
Crime 0.007 .971 1.007
Education –0.344 .105 0.709
Environment –0.314 .248 0.730
Travel –0.672 .004 0.511**
Media & Celebrities 0.164 .395 1.178
Lifestyle 0.081 .675 1.084
Politics 0.218 .267 1.244
Sports 0.053 .812 1.054

Controls

Origin United States 0.087 .050 1.091*
Tabloid 0.623 .000 1.864***
Site follower (log2) 0.881 .000 2.414***
(Scale) 1
(Negative binomial) 1.638

* p ≤ .05

** p ≤ .01

*** p ≤ .001.