Table 2 Elements for data enrichment manually collected exploring bridges.

From: Affective, defective, and infective narratives on social media about nuclear energy and atomic conflict during the 2022 Italian electoral campaign

Element

Description

Content type

The type of textual and/or audiovisual content

Example: Post, Video, Channel

Destination Platform

The platform where the bridge leaded the user

Example: Youtube, Telegram, LinkedIn, Facebook etc.

Destination Account

The account’s name (user or channel) in the destination platform

User Category

The category of the user in the main platform where we found the bridge

Example: Politic, News, Activist, Alt-News, Generic, Comedian, Music

Topic

The topic discussed in the original post and/or vehiculated by the bridge

Example: Nuclear Energy, Atomic Conflict, Politics, Geopolitics etc.

Position

The position expressed over a topic (when clearly defined)

Example: ProNuke, No-Nuke, ProNato, AntiNato, ProRussia etc.