Sharing political news: the balancing act of intimacy and socialization in selective exposure

EPJ Data Science

Table 1 Summary of the three media sources under study

Account	Subscribers	Tweets	URLs	RTs of URLs	Mondotimes
abcnews	16,397	3,800	3,729	10,412	left
ariannahuff	23,912	185	94	894	left
davidgregory	1,115,405	575	159	2,361	left
huffingtonpost	54,418	4,186	4,174	29,385	left
jdickerson	953,993	1,469	413	14,501	left
maddow	1,091,269	127	116	12,316	left
nbcnightlynews	12,602	2,118	2,105	3,234	left
nprnews	116,834	1,956	1,848	30,825	left
nprpolitics	1,272,479	2,803	2,342	20,238	left
nprscottsimon	887,009	893	68	763	left
nytimes	1,755,740	5,676	5,527	91,379	left
theearlyshow	6,873	1,524	1,413	4,191	left
todayshow	108,481	1,672	1,050	26,291	left
washingtonpost	27,196	1,903	1,617	9,619	left
andersoncooper	319,257	3,528	3,436	23,495	center
cnnbrk	2,596,796	524	240	32,131	center
jackgraycnn	587,758	3,109	368	26,598	center
richardpbacon	819,312	1,793	224	16,116	center
foxnews	100,272	6,401	6,361	15,699	right
chicagotribune	17,588	1,010	1,010	15,610	right
usnews	4,747	4,239	4,233	7,545	right
washtimes	6,954	2,025	1,956	4,037	right
all	8,793,507	55,777	42,483	397,640