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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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The Avatar of the top Influencers for #covid19
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Top Hashtags Hashtags related to #covid19 are #coronavirus, #China, #Wuhan, $SARSCoV2, #Iran, #2019nCoV, #ApologizeToVietnam, #DiamondPrincess.
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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.
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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.
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Direct Network for @DrEricDing This node is very influential, connected to many nodes, mostly to these nodes: @hectorology, @JCovid19, @jidigraphics15, @SPatriciaMolna, @BearingTruth, etc. #covid19
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Direct Network for @DrTedros This account is heavily connected to @WHO, @InfosMinuts, @LeazaJernberg, @JuanAndreRincon. #COVID19
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Direct Network for @WHO This account mostly connected to @DrTedros, @WHOThailand, @nard_info, @JuanAndreRincon, etc. #COVID19
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Direct Network for @DrDenaGrayson This account mostly connected to @LeazaJernberg, @sheltgarner, etc. #COVID19
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Direct Network for @howroute This account connected to many nodes, mostly to @BearingTruth, @sheltgarner, etc. #COVID19
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Direct Network for @globaltimesnews This news account is very influential, connected many nodes esp: @motorwars, @EndGameWW3, @LeazaJernberg, @BusyAnchan, @Russian_market, etc. #COVID19
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Zoom for Malaysian Network Users from Malaysia create a significant network, influenced by @KKMPutrajaya, @AchuNadia, @Jpenerangan, @501Awani, @MyHEALTHKKM, @bernamadotcom, etc.
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Most Retweeted Posts /1 Top influencers: @MichaelCoudrey, @DrDzul, @lhorn_lhorn, @letstalkaboutKR, @knhomphing, @suthichai, @janyanis. #COVID19
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Most Retweeted Posts /2 Mostly from Thailand, such as @suthichai, @RawitHanutsaha, @jagob1, @vorachatMD, @TeddyKung, etc. #COVID19
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Top Twit from @suthichai Translated from Thai, about South Korea raises the #covid19 alarm to the highest level.
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Most Retweeted Posts /3 Top influencers @washikirei, @GiaPratamaMD, @actuaries, @waltshaub, @WHO, etc. #COVID19
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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.
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Most Retweeted Posts /4 Top influencers @koryodynasty, @PSK_Invaluable, @AchuNadia, @CDCgov, @GordonGChang, etc.
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Most Retweeted Posts /5 Top influencers @limweijiet, @OhgoditsKYO, @redditindonesia, etc. #COVID19
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Most Shared Images #covid19