Table 3 Predicting diversionary tweets (CJI) from Brexit media coverage (column 1) and predicting suppression from diversionary tweets (column 2).

From: Using the president’s tweets to understand political diversion in the age of social media

Dependent variable

CJI tweetst

NYTa

 

(1)

(2)

NYT Brexitt

0.028

 
 

(0.021) p = 0.174

 
 

[0.018] p = 0.126

 

CJI tweetst−1

o

0.010

  

(0.058) p = 0.858

  

[0.050] p = 0.834

N

721

707

  1. Each model included control variables for each week during the sampling period and long-term time trends as well as the appropriate number of lagged observations for the dependent variable (see “Methods”). Table entries are coefficients (OLS standard errors) [Newey-West standard errors].
  2. aCoverage of Brexit on day t.
  3. oLagged predictor is shown only when of interest.
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