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Table 4 Content analysis of tweets and retweets by type of user

From: Using Twitter for breast cancer prevention: an analysis of breast cancer awareness month

 

Organizations

Individuals

Celebrities

All users

 

Tweets

Retweet

Tweets

Retweet

Tweets

Retweet

Tweets

Retweet

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

Total N

144,866

8,447

1,202,132

61,266

4,805

483

1,351,823

70,147

Clothing

33,591(23.3)

1,853 (21.9)

427,359 (35.6)

15,706 (25.6)

1,088 (22.6)

89 (20.5)

462,038 (34.2)

17,648 (25.2)

Fundraiser

12,567 (8.7)

560 (6.6)

66811 (5.6)

3,513 (5.7)

464 (9.7)

32 (7.4)

79,842 (5.9)

4,105 (5.9)

Walks

10,020 (6.9)

422 (5.0)

98,682 (8.2)

3,394 (5.5)

245 (5.1)

23 (5.3)

108,947 (8.1)

3,839 (5.5)

Early detection

9,096 (6.3)

623 ( 7.4)

32,532 (2.7)

2,702 (4.4)

332 (6.9)

21 (4.8)

41,960 (3.1)

3,346 (4.8)

Loved ones

6,040 (4.2)

372 (4.4)

54,769 (4.6)

2,446 (4.0)

233 (4.9)

21 (4.8)

61,042 (4.5)

2,839 (4.0)

Diagnosis

2,918 (2.0)

167 (2.0)

8,459 (0.7)

586 (1.0)

90 (1.9)

4 (0.9)

11,467 (0.9)

757(1.1)

Treatments

2,012 (1.4)

98 (1.2)

7,846 (0.70

369 (0.6)

38 (0.8)

0

9,896 (0.7)

467(0.7)

Resentment

394 (0.3)

18 (0.2)

3,443 (0.30

142 (0.2)

7 (0.2)

1 (0.2)

3,844 (0.3)

161 (0.2)