Table 1 Indicators of intra- and inter-community semantics.

From: Community dynamics and echo chambers: a longitudinal study of the Belt and Road Initiative in the Twittersphere during COVID-19 pandemic

Topology

Indicator

Meaning

Intra-community

I-sentiment

The mean sentiment value of retweets within the community

IU-sentiment

The absolute value of the I-sentiment, regardless of positive or negative.

I-purity

The ratio of retweets from the most frequently retweeted topic to all retweets in the community

Inter-community

C-sentiment

The mean sentiment value of retweets percolated from adjacent communities

CU-sentiment

The absolute value of the C-sentiment

C-purity

The ratio of retweets from the most frequently retweeted topic to the total number of retweets originating from the adjacent communities.