Table 2.

Condition variables influencing polarization as the outcome of interest

Measures	Description	M	SD	Min	Max
DIG	Domestic disinformation by government	0.196	1.551	-2.858	3.555
DIP	Domestic disinformation by political parties	0.264	1.269	-2.993	3.566
DIF	Disinformation by foreign governments	0.016	1.281	-2.496	4.194
HAT	Hate speech by political parties	-0.084	1.328	-2.761	2.963
CIE	Efforts towards censorship of internet	-0.351	1.398	-2.215	4.147
GSM	Monitoring of social media by the government	0.117	1.402	-2.885	3.689
POL	Polarization in society	0.290	1.396	-3.033	4.085

DIG Government’s dissemination of disinformation (domestic), DIP Political parties’ dissemination of disinformation (domestic), DIF Disinformation by foreign governments, HAT Hate speech by political parties, GSM Monitoring of social media by the government, CIE Efforts towards censorship of internet, POL Polarization of society, M Mean, SD Standard deviation, Min Minimum value, Max Maximum value