Tweets Analysis - Keyword: @seekingsrishti
Overview
Total number of tweets analysed
446
Earliest tweet was on
2023-02-09
Latest tweet was on
2023-02-19
Tweets covering
10 days
Average age of authors' accounts
7 years
Summarization
The #StoryKillers project is an investigation into the murder of journalist Gauri Lankesh. The investigation found evidence of links between an influencer accused of spreading disinformation and the BJP and looked into the use of surveillance in Indian journalism. This longform investigation involved contributions from @PhineasJFR, @NeogiOishika, @seekingsrishti, @hoeflingern, and @prajwalmanipal and investigates the use of surveillance to suppress dissent.
Topic Modeling
- Murder of Gauri Lankesh
- Investigation and Surveillance of Journalists
- Fake News and Postcard News
- Social and Political Challenges to Journalists in India
- Support for Government Policy
Emotional Analysis
The tweets express a range of emotions, from pride and excitement to shock and dismay. Many of the tweets show support for the #StoryKillers project and for the journalist Gauri Lankesh, who was murdered. There is also a sense of alarm and fear about the lack of accountability for intelligence agencies and the dangers of surveillance. Finally, there is outrage at the lack of reaction from left-wing and Islamic groups to Hindu persecution.
Trend Analysis
- Investigation into the death of Gauri Lankesh and her murderer's justification
- Accountability of intelligence agencies
- Effects of surveillance on journalists in India
- Insight into Postcard News
- Challenges that Journalists face in India
Types of Tweets
Number of Retweets
99
Percentage of total tweets
22%
Number of Original tweets
20
Percentage of total tweets
4%
Number of tweets that contain Mentions
446
Percentage of total tweets
100%
Number of tweets that were Replies
303
Percentage of total tweets
67%
Number of tweets that were Quotes
48
Percentage of total tweets
10%
Number of tweets that contain Hashtags
45
Percentage of total tweets
10%
Top 5 devices used to tweet
| Source | Count |
|---|---|
| Twitter for Android | 253 |
| Twitter Web App | 113 |
| Twitter for iPhone | 74 |
| Twitter for iPad | 5 |
| Twitter for Mac | 1 |
What devices were used to tweet
Top 10 accounts with highest followers count
| Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
|---|---|---|---|
| RanaAyyub | Rana Ayyub | Journalist. Social Justice. Opinions at @washingtonpost. Pritzker Fellow. Words in The New Yorker, TIME, NYT, Guardian, Atlantic, FP. Author of Gujarat Files. | 1,558,080 |
| newslaundry | newslaundry | News, Current Affairs & Media Critique | Sabki DhulaiSubscribe: https://t.co/xv1eF3C84z…Contribute to NL Sena: https://t.co/PYEBYfFOTq | 341,833 |
| dhanyarajendran | Dhanya Rajendran | Journalist. Editor-in-chief @thenewsminute. Chairperson @digipubindia. Views personal. https://t.co/7Zm0ipWiMi | 325,235 |
| KotwalMeena | Meena Kotwal (मीना कोटवाल) | Founder @The_Mooknayak @TheMooknayakEng |Ex @BBCHindi @NationalDastak @TCNLive |Bylines @thewire_in @ThePrintIndia |Study @IIMC_India @jmiu_official https://t.co/o9cQpDsYQq | 205,970 |
| TanushreePande | Tanushree Pandey | Journalist @ndtv. Ex - @ThePrintIndia,@IndiaToday, @aajtak and CNN-IBN. Nonconformist and humanist. I insist on being truthful, not neutral. Views are personal. | 103,465 |
| alishan_jafri | Alishan Jafri | Film-making| Journalist| Heartland Hatewatch Project| words in @thewire_in, @theQuint, @BBCHindi @Article14live, @newsclickin, @AJEnglish | 91,109 |
| maya206 | Maya Mirchandani 🇮🇳 | Journalist, Researcher, Teacher. Forever student. @AshokaUniv. @orfonline. @TheWire_in. proud @NDTV alum. @RedInk_Awards/ @RNGawards/@e4mtweets winner. My views | 77,386 |
| khanthefatima | Fatima Khan | People, Politics, Ground Reports | Journalist @TheQuint | formerly @ThePrintIndia | Fellow @AsiaSpeaks | Send leads: fatima.khan@thequint.com | 75,669 |
| kaushikrj6 | Kaushik Raj | Poet, Journalist | Work in: @Guardian, @AJEnglish, @thewire_in, @article14live | 56,806 |
| ManishPandeyLKW | MANISH PANDEY | यहाँ व्यक्त किये गए विचार मेरे हैं , संस्थान या संस्था से उसका कोई लेना देना नही है Resident Editor @news1indiatweet | 52,398 |
Top 10 accounts with highest friends count
| Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
|---|---|---|---|
| bollywooduk | Bollywood UK | My blog used to be on the first page of Google search for 'Bollywood Movie Reviews UK' till they changed the algorithms. Male. British-Indian,liberal Sikh. | 16,912 |
| BasuAshis | Ashis Basu | Knowledge is Power. Share It. | 13,592 |
| prajwalmanipal | Prajwal | Journalist @TheNewsMinute | Manipal University | Email leads to prajwal@thenewsminute.com | https://t.co/sXXPAxV9Lh | All views are personal | 6,661 |
| AnitaJacobJain1 | Anita Jacob | Travel designer ● Congress ● I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet | 6,344 |
| chiefchimpanzee | Darshan Sanghrajka | #BLM | Founder @superbeinglabs | Cofounder @beingmankind | Fellow @SkollCentre @UniofOxford | Chair @SomersTownCA | Researching extremism+ democracy | 5,793 |
| shaheena45 | Shaheen | - | 5,000 |
| RizviSalim | SalimRizvi | Multimedia Journalist. RTs not endorsements...well, not always... | 4,998 |
| JayashankarKV | Jayashankar Kenath | Editor, The Indian News, and trilingual literary translator (English, Tamil & Malayalam. | 4,989 |
| kr_lalan14 | Dangi Lalan Kr Sinha | Rtd Supt,Bihar Prison Service,Guest faculty at BICA,Hajipur.Freeman,Secular Indian.Rt isn't endorsement. | 4,984 |
| ASafSaj | Royal_Bengal | Nonconformist. Internationalist. Secular. Foreign Policy, Politics & everything in between. Here for the memes. | 4,962 |
Most active users
| Username | Bio | Number of tweets |
|---|---|---|
| UtsabBa77531437 | Central government employee. And CEO ,Secular Fabric of India Pvt Ltd i.e unapologetically hindu ,proud kafir. Love bashing LeftIslmaists and their hypocrisies | 33 |
| tapmal5 | - | 15 |
| seekingsrishti | Award winning investigative journalist ||✍🏾 in @AJEnglish @VICENews @scroll_in @thecaravanindia & more || 🏆 @pulitzercenter @NFI_India @ICFJ @Internews & more | 7 |
| MathewJosef11 | Fake Account to protect identity | Nuclear Scientist | Worked with CERN | Working in Sustainable Smart Manufacturing | Animal Welfare Activist | 🌈 | 7 |
| IndiasBigdebate | Welcome All who would like to debate on Important Issues concerning India. Independent Journalism! #indiasbigdebate | 6 |
| GaurishRane9 | - | 6 |
| PappuAvakaya | 🕉️🇮🇳 | #Tech_Enthusiastic | #హాస్యం | #తెలుగు | #NOTA | #శాకాహార_రుచులు | #Veg | #CommonMan | #అభిప్రాయాలు_మరియు_హాస్యం | 5 |
| vinoth_9999 | பாரதம் என் தேசம் 🇮🇳!Proud Indian and Tamilian.யாதும் ஊரே யாவரும் கேளிர் என்று கூறியவன் தமிழன், பிரிவினைவாதம் பேசுபவன் தமிழன் அல்ல! #KooID @vinoth_9999 | 5 |
| democraciatwork | B. com, M.A history from PU(chd), adv diploma in human right & duties. pursuing PhD in history frm(PU) Democracy, freedom, secularism, social justice & FEMINIST | 4 |
| akhyansu13 | mbbs.not a jingoist..an atheist trying to be a rationalist. Love Liverpool football club...once a red always a red. | 4 |
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 | 92 |
| 1625554117165809665 | A longform investigation into the death of journalist Gauri Lankesh and a viral video that was shared among the killers to ‘justify’ her murder. By @PhineasJFR and reporting from myself, @NeogiOishika @seekingsrishti @hoeflingern and many others. https://t.co/z56kWpmlk6 | 43 |
| 1623940842879873024 | If there is one article you are reading today, it must be this chilling one by @seekingsrishti. It’s like a never-ending nightmare. Journalists tapped, sources tapped. Monitoring the media: How India uses surveillance to suppress dissent https://t.co/hMeRrFoJXi | 32 |
| 1625734612893990912 | Gauri Lankesh wrote in her last editorial about fake news & mentioned Postcard news. @seekingsrishti, @PhineasJFR invested 9 months to investigate Postcard news & found it had shared a 2012 speech by Lankesh which was allegedly shown to 5 of her assassins. https://t.co/rNib8hRq54 | 23 |
| 1623696745162223622 | Do read @seekingsrishti's piece on the history of surveillance on journalists in India. It is one of the most well researched and exhaustive article on this topic. https://t.co/o6IXowSc30 | 21 |
| 1623912279480860674 | The most scary and alarming part of this Indian surveillance framework is that there is zero accountability of these intelligence agencies. @seekingsrishti writes on “being watched” in Indian journalism. https://t.co/tEbGUhMb9B | 18 |
| 1623703195150319616 | Two stories published today that highlight some of the challenges journalists are facing in India. Both make for important reading: 1) @alishan_jafri in @CodaStory (https://t.co/8TYISvwiov) 2) @seekingsrishti in @thenewsminute (https://t.co/qomXMBq2hl) | 18 |
| 1625356552671739905 | @seekingsrishti very eager to watch coz this is gonna be "Last Nail in the coffin" who are destroying the democracy for their ambition of power and money!!!! Thanks a lot in advance!! https://t.co/18exLP4Sex | 9 |
| 1623697652419547136 | #India: I spoke to @seekingsrishti about how surveillance undermines #pressfreedom. "Surveillance is a direct attack on journalism and is a method of intimidating both the journalists and their sources without directly censoring them." https://t.co/o6IXowSc30 @pressfreedom | 8 |
| 1626229727840305155 | #DNL29 · March 24–26 · 2023 · SMART PRISONS · Tracking, Monitoring & Control .. Curated by @t_bazz sp. @SMaurizi @kgosztola @Stella_Assange @seekingsrishti @sanjanamv @manolo_loop @_PMolnar @glocalreporting @danmcquillan .. 👉🏻 https://t.co/pLKibmI4YU https://t.co/zrqyCXerP0 | 6 |
Top 10 tweets with highest Like count
| ID | Text | Like 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 | 184 |
| 1625554117165809665 | A longform investigation into the death of journalist Gauri Lankesh and a viral video that was shared among the killers to ‘justify’ her murder. By @PhineasJFR and reporting from myself, @NeogiOishika @seekingsrishti @hoeflingern and many others. https://t.co/z56kWpmlk6 | 97 |
| 1623912279480860674 | The most scary and alarming part of this Indian surveillance framework is that there is zero accountability of these intelligence agencies. @seekingsrishti writes on “being watched” in Indian journalism. https://t.co/tEbGUhMb9B | 87 |
| 1623940842879873024 | If there is one article you are reading today, it must be this chilling one by @seekingsrishti. It’s like a never-ending nightmare. Journalists tapped, sources tapped. Monitoring the media: How India uses surveillance to suppress dissent https://t.co/hMeRrFoJXi | 77 |
| 1625734612893990912 | Gauri Lankesh wrote in her last editorial about fake news & mentioned Postcard news. @seekingsrishti, @PhineasJFR invested 9 months to investigate Postcard news & found it had shared a 2012 speech by Lankesh which was allegedly shown to 5 of her assassins. https://t.co/rNib8hRq54 | 63 |
| 1623696745162223622 | Do read @seekingsrishti's piece on the history of surveillance on journalists in India. It is one of the most well researched and exhaustive article on this topic. https://t.co/o6IXowSc30 | 51 |
| 1623703195150319616 | Two stories published today that highlight some of the challenges journalists are facing in India. Both make for important reading: 1) @alishan_jafri in @CodaStory (https://t.co/8TYISvwiov) 2) @seekingsrishti in @thenewsminute (https://t.co/qomXMBq2hl) | 32 |
| 1625119666229354497 | @seekingsrishti So proud of you, @seekingsrishti. More power. Can't wait to watch this. | 25 |
| 1625088178846838786 | @seekingsrishti Really looking forward to it, though you shouldn't have announced it in advance in this unfriendly environment | 21 |
| 1626877798496493568 | @seekingsrishti I'm shocked too... https://t.co/5YrbObYBds | 20 |
Top 3 Languages Used In Tweets
Top 10 Hashtags used
| Hashtag | Count |
|---|---|
| #storykillers | 12 |
| #gaurilankesh | 10 |
| #mustread | 4 |
| #dnl29 | 3 |
| #reporterswithoutorders | 3 |
| #soros | 3 |
| #thread | 3 |
| #pressfreedom | 3 |
| #karnatakaelections2023 | 2 |
| #indien | 2 |
Top 10 Hashtags Used In Tweets
Top 10 mentions
| Mention | Count |
|---|---|
| @seekingsrishti | 459 |
| @prajwalmanipal | 27 |
| @fbdnstories | 26 |
| @vijaygajera | 25 |
| @phineasjfr | 24 |
| @neogioishika | 21 |
| @dhanyarajendran | 19 |
| @hoeflingern | 17 |
| @alishan_jafri | 14 |
| @suryamattu | 11 |
Top 10 mentions
Wordcloud of Tweets
Emojis
Average number of emojis used per tweet
22
Emojis used in tweets
| Emoji | Count | Emoji Text |
|---|---|---|
| 😀 | 13 | grinning_face |
| 😂 | 7 | face_with_tears_of_joy |
| 😜 | 6 | winking_face_with_tongue |
| 🔥 | 6 | fire |
| 🤦 | 6 | person_facepalming |
| 😴 | 5 | sleeping_face |
| 👍 | 4 | thumbs_up |
| 👉🏻 | 3 | backhand_index_pointing_right_light_skin_tone |
| 😄 | 3 | grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes |
| 🤡 | 3 | clown_face |
Emojis groups
| Emoji Group | Count |
|---|---|
| Smileys & Emotion | 54 |
| People & Body | 28 |
| Travel & Places | 9 |
| Animals & Nature | 3 |
| Objects | 2 |
| Flags | 2 |
| Activities | 1 |