Table 4 Average retweet edge weight for all inter-group and cross-group communications by human and bot users for each OSN conversation

U.S. Election

Week 1 (Feb. 1–7, 2018)

2.04

1.83

1.44

1.29

Week 2 (Feb. 8–14, 2018)

2.61

2.08

1.69

1.47

Week 3 (Feb. 15–21, 2018)

2.68

1.94

1.61

1.32

Week 4 (Feb. 22–28, 2018)

2.42

1.96

1.58

1.35

Cumulative

2.46

1.96

1.58

1.35

Ukraine Conflict

Week 1 (Aug. 1–7, 2018)

3.02

1.47

1.39

1.15

Week 2 (Aug. 8–14, 2018)

3.84

1.71

1.55

1.21

Week 3 (Aug. 15–21, 2018)

2.42

1.32

1.31

1.12

Week 4 (Aug. 22–28, 2018)

2.64

1.58

1.36

1.15

Cumulative

2.92

1.48

1.38

1.15

Turkish Censorship

Week 1 (Dec. 1–7, 2018)

2.78

1.46

1.28

1.21

Week 2 (Dec. 8–14, 2018)

1.85

1.47

1.26

1.16

Week 3 (Dec. 15–21, 2018)

1.88

1.38

1.25

1.14

Week 4 (Dec. 22–28, 2018)

2.23

1.47

1.48

1.19

Cumulative

2.03

1.43

1.30

1.17