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Table 1 Polarization analysis. \(P(H)\) summarized variables: variance (var), kurtosis (kurt) and polarization degree (deg)

From: Reaching the bubble may not be enough: news media role in online political polarization

Week

Brazil

Canada

Var

Kurt

Deg

Var

Kurt

Deg

1

0.439

−1.494

0.621

0.298

−0.890

0.593

2

0.481

−1.438

0.659

0.280

−1.059

0.543

3

0.597

−1.774

0.743

0.321

−1.514

0.511

4

0.507

−0.993

0.775

0.283

−1.341

0.492

5

0.155

−0.473

0.387

0.220

−0.967

0.393

6

0.279

−0.706

0.594

0.099

−1.063

0.310