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International Journal of Interdisciplinary Research

Table 4 t-test results comparing brand-operated VIs and non-brand-operated VIs

From: Fake human but real influencer: the interplay of authenticity and humanlikeness in Virtual Influencer communication?

 

Brand-operated VI

Non-brand-operated VI

t

Avg posemo

M (SD)

3.611 (3.655)

4.726 (7.663)

− 7.363***

Avg negemo

M (SD)

0.597 (1.520)

1.041 (3.874)

− 5.906***

Avg pronoun (“we”)

M (SD)

0.389 (1.174)

0.574 (2.465)

− 3.802***

Avg pronoun (“you”)

M (SD)

2.518 (2.781)

1.859 (3.927)

7.995***

Avg of Qmark

M (SD)

2.096 (2.964)

11.442 (38.092)

− 13.110***

Avg of Exclamation

M (SD)

2.828 (3.465)

1.186 (4.743)

16.400***

  1. Bold numbers indicate a significantly higher value between the two conditions
  2. *** p < 0.001