Table 6.
T-test results of emotion features between fake and real news
| Variable | English | Chinese | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| t value (F-R) | p value | t value (F-R) | p value | |
| overall emotion | 12.335 | < .001*** | 7.255 | < .001*** |
| emotional polarity | –34.391 | < .001*** | –8.670 | < .001*** |
| negative emotion | 16.737 | < .001*** | 4.412 | < .001*** |
| anger | 26.276 | < .001*** | 3.719 | < .001*** |
| sad | –4.350 | < .001*** | 2.064 | 0.039* |
| anxiety | –3.316 | 0.001** | 1.573 | 0.116 |
***: p < .001; **: p < .01; *: p < .05