Table 3 Payoff matrix for the game between opinion leaders and online media.

From: Research on the evolutionary game of reversed online public opinion based on the dual-helix structure mechanism

Game strategy

Online media

Objective reporting \(\:y\)

Biased reporting \(\:\left(1-y\right)\)

Opinion leader

Active voicing \(\:x\)

\(\:{R}_{1}+{R}_{3},{R}_{4}-{L}_{2}{-C}_{2}\)

\(\:{R}_{1}{+R}_{3}-{C}_{1}{,R}_{6}{-C}_{3}{-C}_{4}\)

Maintaining silence \(\:\left(1-x\right)\)

\(\:{R}_{2}{-L}_{1,}{R}_{5}-{C}_{2}\)

\(\:{R}_{2}-{L}_{1}{,R}_{6}{-C}_{3}-{C}_{4}\)