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Table 2 Popularity basins

From: Beating the news using social media: the case study of American Idol

Contestant

USA

World

Philippines

Jessica

45 ± 4

64.2 ± 2.2

92.8 ± 1.9

Joshua

15 ± 3

9.8 ± 1.3

1.4 ± 0.9

Phillip

40 ± 4

26 ± 2.0

5.8 ± 1.7

  1. Data concerns the entire American Idol season up to the morning of May 17 (before the two finalists were announced), and refers to the percentage (%) of popularity within US, the whole World and the Philippines. The geo-localized database for the three candidates contains 3,251 data points. Errors represent the normal confidence interval with a confidence level of 99%.
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