Table 3 Derived metrics for domains.
From: DomainDemo: a dataset of domain-sharing activities among different demographic groups on Twitter
Metric name | Size | Range | Data universe | Calculation | Note |
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Localness | 129,127 | [0, + ∞) | state | Eq. (2) | Larger values indicate more local domains. |
Race deviation | 129,127 | [0, + ∞) | race | Eq. (2) | Larger values indicate that the domain shares are more concentrated on some race categories. |
Age deviation | 129,127 | [0, + ∞) | age | Eq. (2) | Larger values indicate that the domain shares are more concentrated on some age categories. |
Audience partisanship | 129,127 | [ − 1, + 1] | party | Eq. (3) | Only including Democrat and Republican categories. Negative values indicate more shares from Democratic users and vice versa. |
Audience partisanship (registration) | 129,041 | [ − 1, + 1] | party registration | Eq. (3) | Only including Democrat and Republican categories. Negative values indicate more shares from Democratic users and vice versa. |
Gender leaning | 129,127 | [ − 1, + 1] | gender | Eq. (3) | Only including Male and Female categories. Negative values indicate more shares from Male users and vice versa. |