Tweets Analysis - Keyword: @prajwalmanipal
Overview
Total number of tweets analysed
278
Earliest tweet was on
2023-02-11
Latest tweet was on
2023-02-21
Tweets covering
10 days
Average age of authors' accounts
8 years
Summarization
Journalist Gauri Lankesh's murder was investigated for the "StoryKillers" project in which @prajwalmanipal played a major role. The investigation revealed how her murder was planned and tied to a video from 2012 with her "anti-Hindu" views. This was part of a larger investigation into the growth of facial recognition technology in the city by Internet Freedom Foundation. @NeogiOishika, @hoeflingern, @Seekingsrishti and others also provided critical inputs. @prajwalmanipal's story focused on college dropout Parashuram Waghmore, the video of Gauri's speech, and the radical right wing groups who used it to whip up hate against her.
Topic Modeling
- Murder of journalist Gauri Lankesh
- Radical right wing groups
- Legacy and life of Gauri Lankesh
- India's media disinformation machine and Gauri Lankesh’s murder
- Growth of facial recognition technology in Indian cities
Emotional Analysis
The emotions expressed in these tweets are largely positive. They convey admiration for the investigative work done by journalist @prajwalmanipal and the rest of the team at @FbdnStories in uncovering the truth behind the assassination of Gauri Lankesh. They also express outrage at the manipulation of a video of her speech to whip up hate and a call to action to address the systemic corruption that allows it to continue. Lastly, there is a sense of sorrow for the tragedy of her death and the injustice of it.
Trend Analysis
- Murder of journalist Gauri Lankesh
- Disinformation and hate speech
- Assassination plot
- Corruption
- Growth of facial recognition technology in city
Types of Tweets
Number of Retweets
68
Percentage of total tweets
24%
Number of Original tweets
27
Percentage of total tweets
9%
Number of tweets that contain Mentions
278
Percentage of total tweets
100%
Number of tweets that were Replies
175
Percentage of total tweets
62%
Number of tweets that were Quotes
17
Percentage of total tweets
6%
Number of tweets that contain Hashtags
42
Percentage of total tweets
15%
Top 5 devices used to tweet
| Source | Count |
|---|---|
| Twitter for Android | 147 |
| Twitter Web App | 84 |
| Twitter for iPhone | 43 |
| Twitter for iPad | 3 |
| Twitter for Mac | 1 |
What devices were used to tweet
Top 10 accounts with highest followers count
| Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
|---|---|---|---|
| tinucherian | Tinu Cherian Abraham | Public Relations & Comms Global Head, News Junkie, Political Commentator, Compulsive Retweeter, Outspoken & Opinionated Indian. Views own & not of employer | 377,822 |
| dhanyarajendran | Dhanya Rajendran | Journalist. Editor-in-chief @thenewsminute. Chairperson @digipubindia. Views personal. https://t.co/7Zm0ipFfKi | 325,351 |
| thenewsminute | TheNewsMinute | Look south, think TNM. News, ground reports and analysis from south India.For all membership related queries: members@thenewsminute.com | 208,911 |
| chitraSD | Chitra Subramaniam | Media. Journalism as public good. Public health, politics, trade & tech as they affect societies. Music. In my view. @DelhiUniversity @IIMC_India @Stanford | 137,293 |
| Ahmedshabbir20 | Shabbir Ahmed | Once a paperboy, now a journalist. Senior News Editor @thenewsminute . Chevening fellow. Opinions expressed here are personal. | 113,548 |
| anna_isaac | Anna Isaac | Journalist | Dog Lover | Coffee Addict | Erasmus Mundus alumna | Views are personal. | 32,304 |
| CitizenKamran | Kamran | You don’t become a Bengalurean by living in the city. You become one by living for the city. My dream is a #PotholeFreeBengaluru, I paid taxes for it. | 29,948 |
| PoojaPrasanna4 | Pooja Prasanna | Editorial Head(Reporting) @thenewsminute | Newshunter | Gardener | Coffee drinker | Personal views here | For stories/tips: pooja@thenewsminute.com | 28,680 |
| digitaldutta | Srinivas Kodali | Researcher, Hacktivist @ Free Software Movement of India. Interested in Data, Archives, RTI, Maps, Cities, తెలుగు Poetry 😍. | 24,628 |
| seekingsrishti | Srishti | Award winning investigative journalist ||✍🏾 in @AJEnglish @VICENews @scroll_in @thecaravanindia & more || 🏆 @pulitzercenter @NFI_India @ICFJ @Internews & more | 22,086 |
Top 10 accounts with highest friends count
| Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
|---|---|---|---|
| tinucherian | Tinu Cherian Abraham | Public Relations & Comms Global Head, News Junkie, Political Commentator, Compulsive Retweeter, Outspoken & Opinionated Indian. Views own & not of employer | 234,018 |
| BasuAshis | Ashis Basu | Knowledge is Power. Share It. | 13,615 |
| CitizenKamran | Kamran | You don’t become a Bengalurean by living in the city. You become one by living for the city. My dream is a #PotholeFreeBengaluru, I paid taxes for it. | 12,740 |
| IdentityWoman | Kaliya- @IdentityWoman@mas.to | Profiled in Wired. Advocate for the Rights & Dignity of our Digital Selves. SSI & Decentralized ID Expert. Open Standards! Co-Founder, Facilitator @idworkshop | 12,698 |
| Ahmedshabbir20 | Shabbir Ahmed | Once a paperboy, now a journalist. Senior News Editor @thenewsminute . Chevening fellow. Opinions expressed here are personal. | 6,929 |
| yadavillisastry | Y S N Sastry 🕉🇮🇳 | @yadavillisastry, founder WeShareHappinessFoundation, Bangalore. Donate 4 noblecause 2 A/C @wshappiness7 A/c 37943205130 IFSC SBIN0017781 | 4,595 |
| digitaldutta | Srinivas Kodali | Researcher, Hacktivist @ Free Software Movement of India. Interested in Data, Archives, RTI, Maps, Cities, తెలుగు Poetry 😍. | 4,568 |
| atticusfinch71 | Dr. Beena k | Pathologist, Intersectional feminist, atheist | 4,007 |
| Abdulla06611704 | abbbddddddd | عبداللّہ | a student of comparative study and Law | JMI | AMU | Football - Mesut Ozil | | 3,947 |
| niayayakkural | SaveTheNation/தேசம் காப்போம் | அநியாயங்கள், அதர்மங்களை சகிக்காதவன். | 3,876 |
Most active users
| Username | Bio | Number of tweets |
|---|---|---|
| Sahanasatianaat | Just an honest Indian National. RT s or likes do not mean an agreement. My views are personal. Please move on if in disagreement. | 14 |
| thenewsminute | Look south, think TNM. News, ground reports and analysis from south India.For all membership related queries: members@thenewsminute.com | 9 |
| KotreshKumar7 | Fakir, Atheist...mY joB iS tO onlY reporT tweetS Have got many accounts suspended... | 7 |
| Chemtatrawta | - | 6 |
| Krish_am | - | 5 |
| Varun8Vijay | Aiming to become erudite and polymath. #LogicalHolism. My Gurus: Taleb, Yuval Harari, Devdutt Pattanaik, Malcolm Gladwell, Viktor Frankl and Robert Greene | 4 |
| dhanyarajendran | Journalist. Editor-in-chief @thenewsminute. Chairperson @digipubindia. Views personal. https://t.co/7Zm0ipFfKi | 4 |
| Justiceckar | - | 4 |
| malviyapankaj | Loved, admired and followed by people with extraordinary common sense Work on development of extremely high speed, secure tech used to run internet | 3 |
| hoax_wagon | An Egoistic Narcissist who bows down to Innocence, humility & compassion 🙏 Namo Bhakt 🚩 Spiritual Soldier | Extreme RW | Forests are my Second home | 3 |
Tweets per day
Top 10 tweets with highest Retweet count
| ID | Text | Retweet count |
|---|---|---|
| 1625540533744549898 | After months of investigation, the #StoryKillers project is live. I looked into the murder of journalist Gauri Lankesh for @FbdnStories. With inputs from @seekingsrishti, @hoeflingern, @prajwalmanipal and @NeogiOishika & many others not named: https://t.co/ZCdK7lWohz | 94 |
| 1626056655795556353 | Today, we will publish the third and final part of our series on Gauri Lankesh by @prajwalmanipal. In the first two parts, we looked at the 10000 page chargesheet and how the assassination plot was planned. Here are the first two stories | 76 |
| 1626141176960282625 | The third story in our series. The video of Gauri Lankesh’s speech that her assassins used to whip up hate. The speech was made in 2012. But widely circulated. @prajwalmanipal reports. He was also part of @FbdnStories project #StoryKillers https://t.co/k6LmF4Doad | 23 |
| 1626479412173578241 | Excellent follow-up on the #GauriLankesh story by @prajwalmanipal, who has been following the case closely. He explains how a video of a speech Gauri gave was taken out of context, and used to legitimate violence. https://t.co/d1611nE7Jd | 22 |
| 1626150296065048577 | The video of #GauriLankesh’s speech that her assassins used to whip up hate | @prajwalmanipal's special report🧵 https://t.co/OnMhuztWvF | 19 |
| 1626150306504642560 | Investigators now say that this video was a crucial part of the plot to kill Gauri. The conspirators and murderers were convinced she must be killed for her ‘anti-Hindu’ views. Read @prajwalmanipal's special report👇 https://t.co/OnMhuztWvF | 17 |
| 1626150308970889216 | Part 1 of the series: Why Gauri Lankesh was assassinated: The story of an indoctrinated engineer @prajwalmanipal reports https://t.co/HG8kBOzimB | 13 |
| 1626150311210659842 | Part 2: How Gauri Lankesh was shot dead: The story of college dropout Parashuram Waghmore By @prajwalmanipal https://t.co/F8aOpzF3fr | 12 |
| 1626246694202662912 | The video of #GauriLankesh speech that was used by radical right wing groups to whip up hate. Story by @prajwalmanipal https://t.co/BDUzKnguBL | 11 |
| 1626456910298812418 | खोजी पत्रकारिता संगठन @FbdnStories ने भारत की पत्रकार #gaurilankesh की उस खबर को आगे इन्वेस्टीगेट करके लिखा है जिसके कारण 2017 में उनकी हत्या की गई थी। @NeogiOishika @prajwalmanipal @hoeflingern @suryamattu @PhineasJFR @seekingsrishti #storykillers https://t.co/KQZo68mHre | 10 |
Top 10 tweets with highest Like count
| ID | Text | Like count |
|---|---|---|
| 1626056655795556353 | Today, we will publish the third and final part of our series on Gauri Lankesh by @prajwalmanipal. In the first two parts, we looked at the 10000 page chargesheet and how the assassination plot was planned. Here are the first two stories | 293 |
| 1625540533744549898 | After months of investigation, the #StoryKillers project is live. I looked into the murder of journalist Gauri Lankesh for @FbdnStories. With inputs from @seekingsrishti, @hoeflingern, @prajwalmanipal and @NeogiOishika & many others not named: https://t.co/ZCdK7lWohz | 187 |
| 1625668029815341057 | @CitizenKamran @YelahankaRising @tinucherian @WFRising @0RRCA @namma_BTM @NammaBengaluroo @roadsofnammuru @prajwalmanipal @petleepeter We the cattle seem to rejoice when tiny tadpoles are caught, while sharks are still at large. Corruption is an organized system, deal with it, factor it as part of administrative costs! | 47 |
| 1626141176960282625 | The third story in our series. The video of Gauri Lankesh’s speech that her assassins used to whip up hate. The speech was made in 2012. But widely circulated. @prajwalmanipal reports. He was also part of @FbdnStories project #StoryKillers https://t.co/k6LmF4Doad | 46 |
| 1626479412173578241 | Excellent follow-up on the #GauriLankesh story by @prajwalmanipal, who has been following the case closely. He explains how a video of a speech Gauri gave was taken out of context, and used to legitimate violence. https://t.co/d1611nE7Jd | 42 |
| 1626246694202662912 | The video of #GauriLankesh speech that was used by radical right wing groups to whip up hate. Story by @prajwalmanipal https://t.co/BDUzKnguBL | 33 |
| 1625701763205726209 | This article on legacy and life of Gauri Lankesh is a team effort. @NeogiOishika @prajwalmanipal conducted interviews amid risk and exposure. @hoeflingern, @suryamattu and @mynameisfiber got essential context and the story was written with flair and precision by @PhineasJFR. | 32 |
| 1626150311210659842 | Part 2: How Gauri Lankesh was shot dead: The story of college dropout Parashuram Waghmore By @prajwalmanipal https://t.co/F8aOpzF3fr | 23 |
| 1624414848452038659 | A truck is set to leave from #Bangalore to the Chennai consulate Accepting Transfers and Kind. Message and we can coordinate either. #TurkeyEarthquake #EarthquakeIndiaRelief #BangaloreCares @TellDM @rajeevgowda @TheSouthfirst @PoojaPrasanna4 @prajwalmanipal @dhruv_jatti https://t.co/AZBA2BcPjs | 20 |
| 1626150308970889216 | Part 1 of the series: Why Gauri Lankesh was assassinated: The story of an indoctrinated engineer @prajwalmanipal reports https://t.co/HG8kBOzimB | 20 |
Top 3 Languages Used In Tweets
Top 10 Hashtags used
| Hashtag | Count |
|---|---|
| #gaurilankesh | 19 |
| #storykillers | 11 |
| #cheatedhomebuyers | 2 |
| #bengaluruhousingscam | 2 |
| #meninuniform | 2 |
| #budget2023 | 2 |
| #ksrtc | 2 |
| #tnm | 2 |
| #india | 2 |
| #bwssb | 2 |
Top 10 Hashtags Used In Tweets
Top 10 mentions
| Mention | Count |
|---|---|
| @prajwalmanipal | 278 |
| @citizenkamran | 60 |
| @nammabengaluroo | 60 |
| @0rrca | 56 |
| @wfrising | 55 |
| @yelahankarising | 54 |
| @tinucherian | 54 |
| @namma_btm | 54 |
| @roadsofnammuru | 53 |
| @petleepeter | 53 |
Top 10 mentions
Wordcloud of Tweets
Emojis
Average number of emojis used per tweet
16
Emojis used in tweets
| Emoji | Count | Emoji Text |
|---|---|---|
| 🤣 | 5 | rolling_on_the_floor_laughing |
| 😂 | 4 | face_with_tears_of_joy |
| 👇 | 3 | backhand_index_pointing_down |
| 🌷 | 3 | tulip |
| 🙏 | 3 | folded_hands |
| 😆 | 3 | grinning_squinting_face |
| 👍 | 2 | thumbs_up |
| 😭 | 2 | loudly_crying_face |
| 🧵 | 2 | thread |
| 💫 | 2 | dizzy |
Emojis groups
| Emoji Group | Count |
|---|---|
| Smileys & Emotion | 27 |
| People & Body | 11 |
| Activities | 4 |
| Animals & Nature | 3 |
| Travel & Places | 2 |