Table 2 Variables mean of clusters in P1 and P2.

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

Indicators

Outsider

Bridge-P

Polarized optimist

Bridge-N

P1

I-sentiment

−0.08

0.16

0.43

−0.08

I-purity

0.42

0.9

0.74

0.92

EC

0.05

0.14

0.08

0.12

Indicators

Polarized optimist

Bridge-N

Diverse majority

P2

I-sentiment

0.24

−0.12

0.05

I-purity

0.73

0.72

0.46

EC

0.06

0.19

0.12