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Table 5 Tweet coding for tone, mentioned profession and sentiment

From: Misinformation about spinal manipulation and boosting immunity: an analysis of Twitter activity during the COVID-19 crisis

Tone

Profession mentioned

Count

Reach

Engagement

Retweets

Likes

Sentiment

Neutral

Chiropractic

3

12,807

4

2

2

0

Naturopathy

3

16,522

32

7

25

0

None Mentioned

2

6126

11

10

1

5

Osteopathy+Physiotherapy+Other Profession

1

513

0

0

0

5

Physiotherapy

3

3504

22

1

21

0

Neutral Total

 

12

39,472

69

20

49

10

Not relevant

Chiropractic

2

305

3

1

2

−5

Chiropractic+Other Profession

1

1664

8

0

8

5

Naturopathy

1

1624

4

0

4

−5

None Mentioned

774

22,822,193

74,621

24,049

50,572

− 720

Not relevant Total

 

778

22,825,786

74,636

24,050

50,586

− 725

Promoting

Chiropractic

108

40,341

163

44

119

210

Naturopathy

38

201,344

185

44

141

70

Naturopathy+Other Profession

2

53,525

1712

511

1201

5

None Mentioned

30

1,261,529

1242

388

854

20

Osteopathy

2

646

1

1

0

0

Other Profession

4

989

11

3

8

10

Physiotherapy

3

563

5

2

3

−5

Promoting Total

 

187

1,558,937

3319

993

2326

310

Refuting

Chiropractic

117

4,263,261

2393

557

1836

− 210

Chiropractic+Naturopathy

4

123,829

670

209

461

−5

Chiropractic+Naturopathy+Other Profession

2

107,435

274

87

187

−5

Naturopathy

14

130,086

237

64

173

−30

None Mentioned

3

1755

5

0

5

−10

Physiotherapy+Other Profession

1

454

11

1

10

−5

Refuting Total

 

141

4,626,820

3590

918

2672

− 265

Grand Total

 

1118

29,051,015

81,614

25,981

55,633

− 670