Table 4.
Homophily measures calculated with just Supporters and Opposers and then all nodes within interaction networks
| Network | Polarised groups only | Broader network | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nodes | Edges | E-I Index | Nodes | Edges | E-I Index | ||||
| Supporters | Opposers | Total | Supporters | Opposers | All | Total | Supporters | Opposers | |
| Retweet | 493 | 592 | 6645 | − 0.98731 | − 0.99139 | 12,076 | 21,526 | − 0.70961 | − 0.88997 |
| Reply | 247 | 105 | 476 | − 0.33333 | − 0.50000 | 2041 | 3031 | 0.62030 | 0.40541 |
| Mention | 288 | 149 | 968 | − 0.24615 | − 0.03448 | 3206 | 7523 | 0.69557 | 0.78723 |
| Quote | 190 | 104 | 330 | − 0.61832 | − 0.82353 | 1268 | 1542 | 0.45501 | 0.10791 |
Edge totals are the sums of the edge weights