Promote citizen engagement with warnings ― an empirical examination of government social media accounts during public health crises

Table 2 Correlations and descriptive statistics

Variables	Mean	(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)	(10)
(1) Dialogic loop	0.74	1
(2) Media richness	1.65	0.18^**	1
(3) Information style variety	1.21	0.32^*	0.17^**	1
(4) Message length	627.98	0.04^**	-0.21^**	-0.13^**	1
(5) Sentiment tendency	0.17	0.12^**	0.09^*	0.15^**	-0.04	1
(6) Warning elements	2.18	0.07^*	-0.14^**	0.06	0.21^**	0.08	1
(7) Source influence	7632.42	0.21^**	0.13^**	0.18^**	-0.06	0.11^**	-0.02	1
(8) Source activeness	68128.32	0.15^**	0.16^**	0.11^**	-0.04	0.06	-0.06^**	0.29^**	1
(9) Time of post	4.91	0.07^**	0.23^**	0.17^**	-0.15^**	0.05^*	0.03	0.16^**	0.14^**	1
(10) Time interval	9.28	0.17^*	-0.12^**	0.21^**	0.21^**	-0.06^**	0.12^**	0.08^**	-0.07^*	0.06^**	1

**Significantly correlated at the P < 0.01 significance level; *significantly correlated at the P < 0.05 significance level

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