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Table 1 Text markers in support for each of the contestants

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

Contestant

Usernames

#Tags

Phillip

@PPhillipsAI11@PhilPhilatic

#phillipphillips #philatic #philatics

Jessica

@JSanchezAI11 @TeamJSanchez @TeamJaaySanchez

#blujays #teambluJay #TeamJessicaSanchez #BBchez #JessicaSanchez

Joshua

@JLedetAI11 @JoshuaLedetNet @TeamJoshua @JoshuaLedetNet @WeLuvLedet @TeamLedet

#jjewels #JoshuaLedet #teamjosh #ledet #teamjoshei #JoshuaIsLegend

Hollie

@CavanaghAI11

#holliepop #teamhollie #holliepopsfamily #holliecavanagh

Skylar

@SLaineAI11

#skoutlaw #skoutlaws #skollie #skylarlaine

Elise

@ETestoneAI11 @theElitesWorld

#theElites

Colton

@CDixonAI11 @ColtonDSupport

#teamdixon

Deandre

@BrackensickAI11 @deandrefanpage

#DreDreamers

Heejun

@HHanAI11 @MadiHeartHeejun @HeeHangels

#Hangel #Heejunie

Erika

@EVanPeltAI11

#pelters

  1. List of tags and usernames used in the study to detect tweets related to each contestant. The different number of keywords of each contestant does not bias the total number of tweets associated with the contestant. This variety merely reflects the spontaneous emergence within the Twitter community of different ways of referring to a certain contestant.
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