NewsWireLK - Tweet Data Analysis
Tweets Analysis - Keyword: @NewsWireLK
Published March 8, 2023
Overview
Tweets covering
10 days
Latest tweet was on
2023-02-21
Earliest tweet was on
2023-02-11
Total number of tweets analysed
1,905
Average age of authors' accounts
7 years
Summarization
Election season in Sri Lanka typically involves misused resources and parts. There is corruption between politicians and tourism, police, and economic departments. India has recently taken a controversial action to help the Rajapakses get re-elected, and people are expecting propaganda and misinformation to follow. The local elections have been primarily a battle between the SJB and SLPP chambers, and politicians have been accused of damaging the country's economy.
Topic Modeling
- Politics in Sri Lanka
- Corruption in Sri Lanka
- Indian Interference in Sri Lanka
- Economy of Sri Lanka
- Green Agriculture in Sri Lanka
Emotional Analysis
The overall sentiment expressed in these tweets is one of frustration and disbelief. Many of the tweets express anger towards corrupt politicians and government institutions, as well as criticism of India for attempting to influence the Sri Lankan election. There is also a sense of sarcasm and humor, as well as a sense of irony in the situations being discussed. Finally, there is a sense of hope that the people of Sri Lanka will be able to make their voices heard in the upcoming election.
Trend Analysis
- Sri Lanka Elections
- Economic Aid for Sri Lanka
- Misinformation & Fake News
- Government Corruption & Abuse of Power
- Agriculture & Tourism in Sri Lanka
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Types of Tweets
Number of Retweets
292
15% of total
Number of Original tweets
24
1% of total
Number of tweets that were Quotes
11
0% of total
Number of tweets that were Replies
1,589
83% of total
Number of tweets that contain Hashtags
78
4% of total
Number of tweets that contain Mentions
1,905
100% of total
Devices Used to Tweet
Top 5 Devices
| Source | Count |
|---|---|
| Twitter for Android | 902 |
| Twitter for iPhone | 669 |
| Twitter Web App | 276 |
| Twitter for iPad | 42 |
| News RT Bot SL | 10 |
Device Distribution
Top 10 Accounts by Followers
| Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
|---|---|---|---|
| munza14 | Munza Mushtaq | Journalist - Contributing Writer @NikkeiAsia | Byline in @CSMonitor | @AJEnglish | @TRTWorld | @LATimes | @AnadoluAgency | @DW_GMF Fellow | #RupeeFund Charity | 63,241 |
| newsdotlk | News.lk | රජයේ නිල පුවත් වෙබ් අඩවිය | அரசாங்கத்தின் உத்தியோக பூர்வ இணையதளம் அரச தகவல் | The Official Government News Portal of Sri Lanka | 29,589 |
| S_ASTORQUIZA | Psico_33 | Il amor e meraviglioso. Chi ama con la veritá della alma. | 28,536 |
| milindarj | Milinda Rajapaksha | Additional Director General of @infodprtsl • Director of @MCND_lka • Former Member of the Colombo Municipal Council from @PodujanaParty • Author #SriLanka | 25,343 |
| ravimendis | රවි මෙන්ඩිස් | 12 years a schizophrenic ▫️🇱🇰 🇬🇧 ▫️He/Him | 19,297 |
| indika27 | Amila Chathuranga | i am sri lankan unp boy. | 18,162 |
| aruni_t | ARUNI | Avid learner. Dreamer. Survivor. E-commerce general manager. Brand strategist. Cat parent. Views are personal. | 15,265 |
| achiralk | Achira Liyanage | Simple | Owner @O2Space @Podipela | Agile | Scrum Master | PM | Planter | Content Writer | Photographer | Father | PCM | IC | SLIIT | UCSC 🇱🇰 | 12,202 |
| forum_asia | FORUM-ASIA | The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) 🌏 85 member organisations in 23 countries 📢 Asian solidarity and human rights for all | 11,215 |
| DrBukkabwoi | Dr.Amila Fernando 🩺⚕️ | Medical officer 🩺 Colombo Stock Exchange📉 CMU Alumni '06 Retweets ≠ endorsements Views are Personal #DrBukkabwoi Trust the Charts.. ignore the rest ! | 10,684 |
Top 10 Accounts by Friends
| Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
|---|---|---|---|
| ravimendis | රවි මෙන්ඩිස් | 12 years a schizophrenic ▫️🇱🇰 🇬🇧 ▫️He/Him | 17,789 |
| indika27 | Amila Chathuranga | i am sri lankan unp boy. | 6,393 |
| carlsl | carl obeyesekera | Air Crew. | 6,220 |
| sujewafantastic | NYC Indie Filmmaker Sujewa Ekanayake | @slowromcomedy ('22), @CosmicReneMovie ('23), + 9 more. New website in progress for 2023 - https://t.co/lUMlV3i1yi. | 5,823 |
| nomadic_sanjee | Sanjee🇱🇰🇪🇸🇧🇪🇪🇷🇿🇼🇳🇦🇫🇮#GoodGovernance | Just a traveller,guilty of life long learning, emotional intelligence,climate action & spreading humanity. Learning from pandemic,war & revolution.😷💙💛🇱🇰💚 | 5,002 |
| MihirangaFdo | A-Z | ♥️🇱🇰 | ☮️ ☪️✝️☸️🕉️ | #BloodAPlka🅰️➕ #Dreamer #OpenMind #GK #Solutionist @BigBangTheory #MySaviour | #ALLisWell #ගොබ්බMindSets🚫#RT≠E | #Loves 💖 #A🧕 💖 | 5,001 |
| vg123e | VG | Peace is not just to stop wars, but also to stop oppression & injustice. War consumes the very things it is fought for: Justice,Humanity & Decency | 4,948 |
| crypt0cutie | cryptocutie(💙,🧡) | @Playstables | 4,912 |
| anushaka_____ | හොඳ පුතා | ජීවිතයම කවියක් කවිකාර බේබද්දා 🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻 | 4,898 |
| Author_Devika | Devika Fernando | Author of romance novels | Content writer | Hobby photographer | Bookworm | German living in Sri Lanka | I love animals, food, languages, #Yargı | she/her | 4,750 |
Most Active Users
| Username | Bio | Number of tweets |
|---|---|---|
| asryismath | Former Presenter/VJ at Shakthi TV (Capital Maharajah Organization) SL https://t.co/veme6f0V6K | https://t.co/KWAnwPlbMx | 118 |
| SubraMSubraman2 | - | 28 |
| KMeeeaaow | Say no to Racism, anyway I'm #සැබෑ_බෞද්ධයා .Here my POV #මතය and #දර්ශනය .තඩි කෙබර ගහන ගැටුම්වලට මැදිහත් නොවේ. Targeting #Facts ,දේශපාලනය #අරගලය #Lka ♑ | 20 |
| Psycho13697874 | Humorous critique | 20 |
| Farique14 | Cricket, is there a life beyond it? | 16 |
| AzaamMarikar | ♡ I tweet for a living. No, I do that to feed the trolls ♡● 2× founder 1 exit ● | 16 |
| iamkapilan | கபிலன். Sri Lanka 🇱🇰. Ground Reality. Gemini. Tamil. Techie. Memer. Blogger. Content Creator. Cinephile. Foodie. Reality Shows. Lyricist. Story & News Hunter. | 15 |
| johanzerah1 | caring for poor and raising voice against injustice | 15 |
| rajivdayarathne | its my style 🎧 | 14 |
| funtime2121 | hi | 13 |
Tweets Per Day
Top 10 Tweets by Retweets
| ID | Text | Retweet count |
|---|---|---|
| 1625914120221659136 | @saliyapieris @NewsWireLK https://t.co/NdfWbyxrNZ | 8 |
| 1624971755004788737 | The Green Agriculture efforts of SLACAL around the country bore fruits and are currently reaping harvests in all @Sri_Lanka_Army Farms. For more details :- https://t.co/fQCb1M3eId https://t.co/eGRA5jHNAe @bbcsinhala @LkDefence @newsdotlk @NewsWireLK … | 7 |
| 1627899748517810176 | Army troops of the 1 Sri Lanka Rifle Corps rescued 33 local tourists stranded atop Garandiaella hills due to torrential rains. For more details :- https://t.co/PUp3C5Z8Fs https://t.co/kPRhiXcAbg @bbcsinhala @LkDefence @newsdotlk … | 5 |
| 1626092167704748033 | @NewsWireLK So @CEB_lk had a capacity/possibility to provide uninterrupted power supply even before 16th Feb! Otherwise how they could do it asa increasing tariff? So not having money for coal/no … | 3 |
| 1627449687371309056 | @NewsWireLK RW top priority towards ‘Stability’ holding independence, perahera next a circus. They should have paraded the clown 🤡 itself. | 3 |
| 1627970957783740416 | @NewsWireLK Why are the demands/conditions for @IMFNews loan not made public? IMF is being used as the bogeyman by the govt to create fear & control the public into supporting … | 3 |
| 1625043947134533632 | @NewsWireLK Is this how Indian agencies manipulate Srilankan Elections? Don't worry. Mahinda Rajapaksa & Co. will kill him again like last time. Just don't forget to vote this time too. … | 3 |
| 1627901232089305090 | 54 Infantry Division troops donated reverse osmosis plant for purification of drinking water for families at Shanipuram area. For more details :- https://t.co/woBsfluSW8 https://t.co/kPRhiXcAbg @bbcsinhala @Dailymirror_SL @newsdotlk @NewsWireLK @DailyNews_lk @NewsfirstSL … | 2 |
| 1626565807433199617 | @NewsWireLK He has to fund the Kandy Perahera, not elections. | 2 |
| 1625086842759688194 | @Sri_Lanka_Army @bbcsinhala @LkDefence @newsdotlk @NewsWireLK Using the military to do any other job other than ‘defense’ is high cost labour. What an absolute waste of tax funds! We can continue … | 2 |
Top 10 Tweets by Likes
| ID | Text | Like count |
|---|---|---|
| 1625063177854816256 | @NewsWireLK When an election is near in Srilanka; "Its කොටි නැගිටින times"🤣 | 74 |
| 1627628960262639617 | @NewsWireLK Atleast we can use these spare parts for govt institutions or SLTB depot or at least for technical colleges.. SL customs works like we are developed country.. 🤦🏻♂️අයියෝ සල්ලි | 70 |
| 1627632824541974532 | @NewsWireLK Why don't you auction it and get some profit in? ah, it's Sri Lanka. | 65 |
| 1626563925453213699 | @NewsWireLK Aren't there politicians in the list? | 50 |
| 1625064210337234944 | @NewsWireLK India using Nedumaran to make these announcement so Sinhalese will turn against tamil, another bomb blast orchestrated, Kotiya story, 6.9mn votes Ranil | 40 |
| 1627628854595710980 | @NewsWireLK One of the most corrupted places , putting on a nice show for gullible consumption | 38 |
| 1626547443201458178 | @NewsWireLK The pot calling the kettle black!!! 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️😂😂😂 | 36 |
| 1624971755004788737 | The Green Agriculture efforts of SLACAL around the country bore fruits and are currently reaping harvests in all @Sri_Lanka_Army Farms. For more details :- https://t.co/fQCb1M3eId https://t.co/eGRA5jHNAe @bbcsinhala @LkDefence @newsdotlk @NewsWireLK … | 33 |
| 1625211041993920535 | @NewsWireLK Both these scumbags should be arrested and fired under charges of corruption and abuse of power. Probably its not the first time they misuse the power but this is … | 30 |
| 1626092167704748033 | @NewsWireLK So @CEB_lk had a capacity/possibility to provide uninterrupted power supply even before 16th Feb! Otherwise how they could do it asa increasing tariff? So not having money for coal/no … | 27 |
Top Languages Used
Top 10 Hashtags
| Hashtag | Count |
|---|---|
| #srilanka | 26 |
| #lka | 24 |
| #muslim | 10 |
| #islam | 10 |
| #slnews | 10 |
| #christianity | 6 |
| #visitsrilanka | 5 |
| #economiccrisislk | 4 |
| #lgbtq | 4 |
| #judaism | 4 |
Top 10 Mentions
| Mention | Count |
|---|---|
| @newswirelk | 1,910 |
| @rw_unp | 84 |
| @sajithpremadasa | 44 |
| @dailymirror_sl | 42 |
| @newsdotlk | 38 |
| @bbcsinhala | 36 |
| @anuradisanayake | 35 |
| @sri_lanka_army | 35 |
| @dailynews_lk | 32 |
| @lkdefence | 25 |
Wordcloud of Tweets
Emoji Analysis
Average emojis per tweet:
37
Emojis Used
| Emoji | Count | Emoji Text |
|---|---|---|
| 😂 | 138 | face_with_tears_of_joy |
| 🤣 | 134 | rolling_on_the_floor_laughing |
| 🤔 | 26 | thinking_face |
| 😅 | 24 | grinning_face_with_sweat |
| 😁 | 15 | beaming_face_with_smiling_eyes |
| 🤬 | 13 | face_with_symbols_on_mouth |
| 🤡 | 10 | clown_face |
| 😡 | 10 | enraged_face |
| 😀 | 10 | grinning_face |
| 🤦♂️ | 10 | man_facepalming |
Emoji Groups
| Emoji Group | Count |
|---|---|
| Smileys & Emotion | 550 |
| People & Body | 105 |
| Flags | 13 |
| Animals & Nature | 10 |
| Objects | 9 |
| Symbols | 7 |
| Activities | 6 |
| Travel & Places | 4 |
| Food & Drink | 4 |
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