Oleh: Ismail Fahmi.
#DroneEmprit has collected data about #COVID19 since the beginning of the outbreak. This analysis is focused on the conversation mentioning the official name of the disease: COVID19 or COVID-19. The data set is from 12 Feb - 1 March 2020.
WHO Renames Coronavirus to COVID19 As of 12 Feb 2020, the official name of the coronavirus is COVID19. @DrTedros said the name stands for Corona Virus Disease of 2019. #DroneEmprit will monitor only the use of #covid19 or Covid-19 words.
Conversation From 12 Feb – 1 March 2020
Twitter dominates the conversation about #covid19 with 3,66M twits. YouTube 7.9k videos, Instagram 1k posts, and Indonesian online news 34k mentions. Based on #DroneEmprit collected data.
Trend and Highlights
The trend is started as of 12 Feb 2020. Several peaks in the conversation can be seen from the graph below. Once #BTS impacted by #covid19, the trend is very high.
Highlight for 18-19 Feb 2020
Arirang TV based in South Korea reported the rising speculation about the origin of the #covid19. It could have originated from a lab in Wuhan, says Chinese scientists.
Highlight for 24 Feb 2020
The Ministry of Health of Malaysia @DrDzul reports the status of the cases, and was praised by netizen for his professionality in his works of #covid19 regardless the current political situation.
Highlight for 26 Feb 2020
Critics from @waltshaub to the Trump officials for their incompetence and replacing experts with loyalists. Also the deputy of health ministry of Iran has #covid19.
Highlight for 27-29 Feb 2020
South Korea Pop stars donated to the community for #covid19 prevention. Their armies join the fight against the virus.
Top 5 Influencers From 12 Feb – 1 March 2020, these are the top 5 influencers worldwide for #covid19 conversations on Twitter: @Conflits_FR, @DrEricDing, @KKMPutrajaya, @WHO, and @suthichai.
Top Influencer @Conflits_FR In French, this account tracks conflicts around the globe in real time & in French. (Geo) politics, terrorism, espionage, cybersecurity, health. Currently very active in tracking #covid19 news.
Top 50 Influencers This is the more complete list of the most influential Twitter accounts for covering #covid19. For the media we have @Finanzas_Time, @globaltimesnews, @CGTNOfficial, @ChinaDaily, @SkyNews, etc. Dr @GiaPratamaMD from +62.
Various Background Influencers Dr @DrEricDing is the top scientist in covering #covid19 in social media, @DrDenaGrayson a politician, @DrDzul a health ministry, @jennifertntd a writer, @DrTedros director of @WHO, and @howroute an activist.
The Avatar of the top Influencers for #covid19
Most Active Cities This is the distribution map of conversation by cities of Twitter user’s profiles for #covid19. Most active cities are Bangkok and London.
Top 60 Cities Among the top cities, Bangkok is the most active in mentioning #covid19, followed by London, York, Paris, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Jakarta, Lagos, Beijing, and Nairobi. The complete table is provided.
Two Cities from China In china, only two cities appear on the map: Beijing and Wuhan. Most of the media are in Beijing: @globaltimesnews, @ChinaDaily, @CGTNOfficial, etc. In Wuhan mosly accounts related to #Covid19: @Coronavirus_CHN, @covid__19, @CoronaCovid19, etc.
Most Active Countries This is the distribution map of conversation by country of Twitter user’s profiles for #covid19. Most active countries are US and UK.
Top 53 Countries Among the top countries, US is the most active one in mentioning #covid19, followed by UK, Thailand, France, Malaysia, Indonesia, Nigeria, Australia, Singapore, and India. The complete table is provided.
Top Hashtags Hashtags related to #covid19 are #coronavirus, #China, #Wuhan, $SARSCoV2, #Iran, #2019nCoV, #ApologizeToVietnam, #DiamondPrincess.
Social Network of #COVID19 The SNA (social network analysis) map for 10.000 nodes is shown here. There is a global conversation in the middle of the network.
Zoomed Social Network In the middle of the network, the top influencers such as @DrEricDing, @DrTedros, @DrDenaGrayson, @WHO, and some Chinese media e.g. @ChinaDaily, @CGTNOfficial, etc.
Direct Network for @DrEricDing This node is very influential, connected to many nodes, mostly to these nodes: @hectorology, @JCovid19, @jidigraphics15, @SPatriciaMolna, @BearingTruth, etc. #covid19
Direct Network for @DrTedros This account is heavily connected to @WHO, @InfosMinuts, @LeazaJernberg, @JuanAndreRincon. #COVID19
Direct Network for @WHO This account mostly connected to @DrTedros, @WHOThailand, @nard_info, @JuanAndreRincon, etc. #COVID19
Direct Network for @DrDenaGrayson This account mostly connected to @LeazaJernberg, @sheltgarner, etc. #COVID19
Direct Network for @howroute This account connected to many nodes, mostly to @BearingTruth, @sheltgarner, etc. #COVID19
Direct Network for @globaltimesnews This news account is very influential, connected many nodes esp: @motorwars, @EndGameWW3, @LeazaJernberg, @BusyAnchan, @Russian_market, etc. #COVID19
Zoom for Malaysian Network Users from Malaysia create a significant network, influenced by @KKMPutrajaya, @AchuNadia, @Jpenerangan, @501Awani, @MyHEALTHKKM, @bernamadotcom, etc.
Most Retweeted Posts /1 Top influencers: @MichaelCoudrey, @DrDzul, @lhorn_lhorn, @letstalkaboutKR, @knhomphing, @suthichai, @janyanis. #COVID19
Most Retweeted Posts /2 Mostly from Thailand, such as @suthichai, @RawitHanutsaha, @jagob1, @vorachatMD, @TeddyKung, etc. #COVID19
Top Twit from @suthichai Translated from Thai, about South Korea raises the #covid19 alarm to the highest level.
Most Retweeted Posts /3 Top influencers @washikirei, @GiaPratamaMD, @actuaries, @waltshaub, @WHO, etc. #COVID19
Top Twits by @GiaPratamaMD and @WHO Not many twits from Indonesian in the top lists. Probably Indonesian netizen or top influencers are not used to mention #covid19 as the official name by @WHO in their twits.
Most Retweeted Posts /4 Top influencers @koryodynasty, @PSK_Invaluable, @AchuNadia, @CDCgov, @GordonGChang, etc.
Most Retweeted Posts /5 Top influencers @limweijiet, @OhgoditsKYO, @redditindonesia, etc. #COVID19
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