Table 5.
Differences in levels of trust between the favorite YouTuber and the other sources of information regarding information in general and information about the benefit of home confinement measures using Wilcoxon signed-rank tests among the participants who have a favorite YouTuber (n = 251)
| The favorite YouTuber (n = 251) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Information in general | Information about the benefit of home confinement measures | |||
| Z-score | P | Z-score | P | |
| Medical and paramedical professionals | − 9.78 | 0.000*** | − 12.25 | 0.000*** |
| Members of the government | 2.39 | 0.017* | − 2.24 | 0.025* |
| Journalists | 5.17 | 0.000*** | − 0.325 | 0.745 |
| Family members | 3.35 | 0.000*** | − 1.92 | 0.055 |
| Friends | 4.58 | 0.000*** | − 0.81 | 0.416 |
| YouTubers in general | 11.06 | 0.000*** | 8.71 | 0.000*** |
| Other social media celebrities | 12.20 | 0.000*** | 10.59 | 0.000*** |
| Traditional celebrities | 12.32 | 0.000*** | 11.22 | 0.000*** |
∗p < 0.05; ∗∗ p < 0.01; ∗ ∗ ∗ p < 0.001. Z-score is the test statistic produced by the Wilcoxon signed rank test