Table 1 Estimated reproduction number (and dampening factors) of online hate speech using the IDEA model described by Fisman et al. (2013) and adapted by Cinelli et al. (2020) for social media infodemics
From: Characterizing network dynamics of online hate communities around the COVID-19 pandemic
Country | Threshold | \(R_0\) | d |
|---|---|---|---|
US | 50% threshold | 1.4380 | 0.0036 |
Top quartile | 2.0421 | 0.0075 | |
Median threshold | 2.1120 | 0.0079 | |
Philippines | 50% threshold | 1.5069 | 0.0041 |
Top quartile | 2.1061 | 0.0079 | |
Median threshold | 2.1593 | 0.0082 |