Table 2.
Topical labels for the temporally-ensembled meta-clusters
| Period 1 | General Topic | Focus Level of Cluster |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | Multi-language, general use hashtags | low |
| 1 | Multi-lingual coronavirus-specific hashtags | low |
| 2 | News resources related hashtags | medium |
| 3 | Chinese focused hashtags (often of negative sentiment) | high |
| 4 | Thai related hashtags | medium |
| 5 | Economy/Commerce related hashtags | high |
| 6 | U.S. Politics related hashtags | high |
| 7 | technology and business related hashtags | high |
| 8 | Asian-languages hashtags | high |
| 9 | Multi-lingual, anti-racism and health news related hashtag | medium |
| 10 | French language and European related hashtags | medium |
| 11 | Italian language hashtags | high |
| 12 | Arabic script hashtags | high |
| 13 | All-caps hashtags with some Syrian Civil War hashtags | medium |
| Period 2 | General Topic | Focus Level of Cluster |
| 0 | News and U.S. Politics related hashtags | medium |
| 1 | News-resources related hashtags | low |
| 2 | Commerce, Economy, and technology related hashtags | medium |
| 3 | Asian-languages hashtags | medium |
| 4 | Spanish language hashtags | medium |
| 5 | French language hashtags | high |
| 6 | Italian language hashtags | high |
| 7 | Turkish language with some conspiracy theory related hashtags | medium |
| 8 | Online entertianment related hashtags | hmedium |
| 9 | German language hashtags | medium |
| 10 | Arabic script and middle-east related hashtags | high |
| 11 | Australian and British news related hashtags | high |
| 12 | Online education related hashtags | high |
| Period 3 | General Topic | Focus Level of Cluster |
| 0 | Spanish language and many general hashtags | low |
| 1 | Multi-lingual, coronavirus and general hashtags | low |
| 2 | Commerce, Economy, and technology related hashtags | medium |
| 3 | Multi-lingual, coronavirus and general hashtags | low |
| 4 | British news, anti-racism, and medical science related and hashtags | medium |
| 5 | U.S. Politics related hashtags | high |
| 6 | Arabic-script and location related hashtags | medium |
| 7 | Chinese focused hashtags (often of negative sentiment) | high |
| 8 | French language hashtags | high |
| 9 | Italian language hashtags | high |
| 10 | Canadian and climate change related hashtags | high |
| 11 | German language hashtags | medium |
| 12 | Asian languages hashtags | high |
| 13 | Indonesian and surrounding countries related hashtags | medium |
| 14 | Thai language hashtags | high |
| 15 | Turkish language hashtags | high |
Some clusters had much more focused and readily defined topics than did others. Also, some topics are persistent throughout all three time periods, while some only exist in a time period