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Table 6 Correlation between retweeted Domain \(RP(H)\) and Content or Topic \(RP(H)\)

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

Domain RP(H)

Brazil

Canada

Content RP(H)

Topic RP(H)

Content RP(H)

Topic RP(H)

(1) all

N = 23,788

N = 19,029

N = 31,512

N = 21,186

r = 0.889***

r = 0.677***

r = 0.683***

r = 0.343***

ρ = 0.876***

ρ = 0.647***

ρ = 0.610***

ρ = 0.303***

(2) neutral

N = 15,534

N = 8922

N = 24,562

N = 19,657

r = 0.749***

r = 0.439***

r = 0.509***

r = 0.196***

ρ = 0.740***

ρ = 0.418***

ρ = 0.454***

ρ = 0.188***

(3) polarized

N = 8254

N = 10,107

N = 6950

N = 1529

r = 0.934***

r = 0.726***

r = 0.674***

r = −0.159***

ρ = 0.766***

ρ = 0.619***

ρ = 0.806***

ρ = −0.350***

  1. Note: r and ρ represent the Pearson and Spearman’s correlation coefficients, respectively. All correlations are significant at p<0.001 level (two-tailed).