Use of humor in studied tweets (IMAGE)

University of Copenhagen

Use of humor in studied tweets

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The studied tweets were very different with regard to the use of humor. 33 percent of all tweets rejecting misinformation used different forms of humor. This was only true of 8 percent of all tweets spreading misinformation.

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Copenhagen Center for Social Data Science

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