Table 2.
Valence of “China” in Russia’s Twitter and online publications
| Online publications | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | China | Supportive | Non-supportive | China | Supportive | Non-supportive |
| 31 Dec–01 Feb | 13 | 31% | 0% | 8 | 75% | 0% |
| 02 Feb–10 Mar | 9 | 44% | 11% | 14 | 57% | 0% |
| 11 Mar–31 Mar | 9 | 22% | 0% | 14 | 43% | 0% |
| Total | 31 | 31% | 3% | 36 | 53% | 0% |
The second and the fifth columns are the number in which China is referred in Twitter and online publications, respectively
Supportive refers to the percentage of times in which Tweets and publications are positive-toned toward China
Non-supportive refers to the percentage of times in which Tweets and online publications are negative-toned toward China