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

Table 7. Results of the negative binomial regression model for the share count.

Parameter B Sig. Exp(B)
(Intercept) –13.024 .000 2.206E-06

Headline

Word length (avg.) –0.374 .000 0.688***
Word count (log2) –0.079 .131 0.924
Question count –0.405 .001 0.667***
Unusual punctuation 0.889 .000 2.432***
Common phrases –0.304 .000 0.738***
Unigrams –0.254 .003 0.776**
Sentiment 0.105 .133 1.111

Post text

Word length (avg.) 0.061 .011 1.063*
Word count (log2) 0.167 .000 1.182***
Question count -0.808 .018 0.446*
Unusual punctuation –0.440 .000 0.644***
Common phrases 0.413 .000 1.512***
Unigrams 0.240 .006 1.272**
Sentiment 0.039 .551 1.040

Topics

Business -0.053 .542 0.949
Crime –0.443 .000 0.642***
Education –0.466 .000 0.627***
Environment –0.548 .059 0.547
Travel –1.196 .000 0.302***
Media & Celebrities –0.666 .000 0.514***
Lifestyle –0.397 .000 0.612***
Politics –0.107 .108 0.902
Sports –0.043 .769 0.957

Controls

Origin United States –0.047 .380 0.954
Tabloid 0.825 .000 2.283***
Site follower (log2) 0.868 .000 2.375***
(Scale) 1
(Negative binomial) 2.375

* p ≤ .05

** p ≤ .01

*** p ≤ .001.