Tweets Analysis - Keyword: @AfricaCheck
Overview
Total number of tweets analysed
309
Earliest tweet was on
2023-03-21
Latest tweet was on
2023-03-30
Tweets covering
9 days
Average age of authors' accounts
9 years
Summarization
AfricaCheck is a platform dedicated to fact-checking and combatting misinformation on social media. They warn against Covid vaccine misinformation, provide tips on verifying images and videos on social media, debunk myths, and offer training sessions on promoting professional media coverage and conflict-sensitive reporting for journalists. They also partner with other organizations to host discussions on the challenges of fact-checking and launch books on decoloniality in the age of social media.
Topic Modeling
- Misinformation around Covid-19 vaccines
- Fighting against misinformation and disinformation in the media
- Tips for verifying images and videos on social media to avoid being fooled by misinformation
- Fact-checking in journalism and promoting professional media coverage
- Debunking myths and false information
Emotional Analysis
The emotions expressed in these tweets are primarily focused on combating misinformation and promoting fact-checking. There is a sense of urgency and concern around the spread of false information, particularly in relation to COVID-19 vaccine misinformation. Many of the tweets emphasize the importance of verifying information before forwarding or sharing it. There is also a sense of pride and admiration for AfricaCheck, an organization dedicated to fact-checking and combatting misinformation.
Trend Analysis
- Fact-checking and combatting misinformation
- Verification of images and videos on social media
- Promotion of professional media coverage and conflict sensitive reporting
- Discussion on challenges of fact-checking with book launch event
- Debunking of Covid vaccine misinformation
Types of Tweets
Number of Retweets
116
Percentage of total tweets
37%
Number of Original tweets
110
Percentage of total tweets
35%
Number of tweets that contain Mentions
309
Percentage of total tweets
100%
Number of tweets that were Replies
93
Percentage of total tweets
30%
Number of tweets that were Quotes
11
Percentage of total tweets
3%
Number of tweets that contain Hashtags
163
Percentage of total tweets
52%
Top 5 devices used to tweet
| Source | Count |
|---|---|
| Twitter for Android | 157 |
| Twitter Web App | 78 |
| Twitter for iPhone | 65 |
| TweetDeck | 4 |
| Planable | 3 |
What devices were used to tweet
Top 10 accounts with highest followers count
| Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
|---|---|---|---|
| trafficbutter | Traffic Updates + Useful Info | We'll help you beat #Traffic jams🚦 & get you useful #Info fast ⚡. Trusted by over 377,000 people in #nigeria | 377,152 |
| samirasawlani | Samira Sawlani | Freelance Journalist, Writer, Columnist| Analyst on East Africa|Eye On The Rest Of The African Continent| Fashion, Fitness & Fiction|Londoner in Nairobi | 121,340 |
| YNHallak | Dr. Yaacoub Hallak | Birds Can Fly & So Can I... RTs; not endorsements! See Brief Profile: https://t.co/i0gOWh1k6e | 116,142 |
| PhilipOgola | Odhiambo Ogola - HSC | DAD | Self-Directed NeuroDistinct Learner w/ Intuitive Evolutionary Thinker | #DigitalHumanitarian @SpacesForGood | #DigitalMtaani | #TwitterNiShule | 81,132 |
| KCMakhubele | KC Makhubele | CEO | DIRECTOR | Business strategy |Marketer | Professional SPEAKER | Group Exercise Instructor | MINISTER of the Word. | 54,247 |
| MoloiNoks | Noks😍Ntom'bomvu | #MamaWamaBoys #NkanyeziNoKhwezi #KaMazibuko #Antidote | 51,703 |
| geordiedodKE | Kaira Nyagah™ | Passionate about all things Nuclear! |Digital Marketing |Travel |CEO @geovinsafaris|MUFC|| | 44,530 |
| Gugulethu_CM | Gugulethu Mahlangu 👩🏽🌾 | Farmer🌍| #Aquaponics| #MG200Young | Plant based| Regenerative| Simple Living-Higher Thinking| Journalist| #FarmSpaces | #FarmSpacesAFRICA| agrilethu@gmail.com| | 39,773 |
| natoshaah | GVN048 | A journalist who is too lazy to carry a grudge 😉 I rose by lifting others! | 38,944 |
| theelephantinfo | The Elephant | Sign up to our free newsletter: https://t.co/VYsrwupb7I Support our publication: https://t.co/q6QgZ95TXv Mirror website: https://t.co/8Q6LOUlpbc | 38,792 |
Top 10 accounts with highest friends count
| Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
|---|---|---|---|
| YNHallak | Dr. Yaacoub Hallak | Birds Can Fly & So Can I... RTs; not endorsements! See Brief Profile: https://t.co/i0gOWh1k6e | 107,346 |
| PhilipOgola | Odhiambo Ogola - HSC | DAD | Self-Directed NeuroDistinct Learner w/ Intuitive Evolutionary Thinker | #DigitalHumanitarian @SpacesForGood | #DigitalMtaani | #TwitterNiShule | 39,100 |
| geordiedodKE | Kaira Nyagah™ | Passionate about all things Nuclear! |Digital Marketing |Travel |CEO @geovinsafaris|MUFC|| | 32,699 |
| MoloiNoks | Noks😍Ntom'bomvu | #MamaWamaBoys #NkanyeziNoKhwezi #KaMazibuko #Antidote | 31,002 |
| trafficbutter | Traffic Updates + Useful Info | We'll help you beat #Traffic jams🚦 & get you useful #Info fast ⚡. Trusted by over 377,000 people in #nigeria | 27,672 |
| AminKef | Ranger | Investigative Jornalist #Publisher/Managing Editor #The Calabash Newspaper | 26,636 |
| WillieOeba | Word King | Current East Africa Spoken Word Battle King | Human Rights Defender Of the Year 21|Lyricist | 2 Albums| Safaricom Blaze Winner 2017 | 18,860 |
| MjengoKE | The Only Joe | Digital Marketing | Civil Engineering |Tech| | 13,406 |
| natoshaah | GVN048 | A journalist who is too lazy to carry a grudge 😉 I rose by lifting others! | 13,061 |
| Tolbert_Ke | Yarun Nabii | Geopolitics | Development Communication | Marketing | Duke of Questionnaire #Tee30 | Content Writer | Virtual Assistant | 12,559 |
Most active users
| Username | Bio | Number of tweets |
|---|---|---|
| dieng_as | C# | 6 |
| blackorwa | Create Beauty and let every other thing go to hell | 6 |
| Muthoni_Ronih | Research|| Content Writing|| Environment|| Climate Change|| Sustainability|| Health and Safety|| | 5 |
| KCMakhubele | CEO | DIRECTOR | Business strategy |Marketer | Professional SPEAKER | Group Exercise Instructor | MINISTER of the Word. | 5 |
| MikeBarendse | Retweets & likes are not endorsements. Strange how when good standards are achieved and respect earned racism is hard to find | 4 |
| Tolbert_Ke | Geopolitics | Development Communication | Marketing | Duke of Questionnaire #Tee30 | Content Writer | Virtual Assistant | 4 |
| MabhedlaKa | RT ≠ endorsementsI Tweets are personal viewsI Trolls I block, okay! | 4 |
| StelliesJourn | The official account of the Department of Journalism at Stellenbosch University, housed at the Protea Building. | 4 |
| NjeriwaGakuo | Urban Villager | ENFP-t | Sanguine | #MentalHealthMatters | #CreativeKE | Bipolar 🎭 Warrior | 4 |
| ietskaylo | Award winning Brown multimedia journalist with a height deficit, broken bum and grammar issues. | 4 |
Tweets per day
Top 10 tweets with highest Retweet count
| ID | Text | Retweet count |
|---|---|---|
| 1640704804308545543 | Beware of Covid vaccine misinformation - a recent claim that Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates wants to “‘force-jab’ the unvaccinated” through vaccinated livestock is pure fabrication. https://t.co/KzWmzuzr37 #FactsMatter @AfricaCheck | 24 |
| 1640944120263856128 | Seeing is believing? Not so fast. Here’s how to easily verify images and videos on social media and avoid being fooled by misinformation. #FactsMatter @AfricaCheck https://t.co/Y5g4ZywMx7 | 13 |
| 1640233437658316800 | Seeing is believing? Not so fast. Here’s how you can easily verify images and videos on social media and avoid being fooled by misinformation. @AfricaCheck @AfricaCheck_KE #FactsMatter https://t.co/0rkB07dog6 | 11 |
| 1638885896496791555 | The speed at which the Covid-19 vaccine was developed fueled understandable fears. Some were under 12 months unlike the standard time for vaccine development. But safety was not compromised - here’s why. @AfricaCheck #FactsMatter https://t.co/Avw5ZtOJyH | 10 |
| 1640349952525099008 | Seeing is believing??? Not so fast. Here's how to easily verify images and videos on social media and avoid being fooled by misinformation. @AfricaCheck #FactsMatter https://t.co/od3FV7XcA6 | 8 |
| 1638254658857627669 | The speed at which the Covid-19 vaccine was developed fueled understandable fears. But safety was not compromised - here’s why. #FactsMatter @AfricaCheck https://t.co/Uail2G8iZu | 7 |
| 1640364805478395904 | [WATCH] Seeing is believing? Not so fast. Here’s how to easily verify images and videos on social media and avoid being fooled by misinformation. #FactsMatter @africacheck https://t.co/gTOnwbbyVH | 6 |
| 1639248103025917953 | Fact-Checking is a specific application of verification in the world of journalism, which should be practiced and off course applied. We climaxed the training with a very insightful presentation on fact-checking by @pantaphobious from @AfricaCheck @Mrcgsl https://t.co/IBZ3TSPUgM | 6 |
| 1640379584888684549 | Also- we have seen images/videos circulating which aren’t from today’s protests in Kenya. Wld suggest following/checking out @AfricaCheck @pigafirimbi @PesaCheck -they do important work in terms of fact checking and providing resources which will equip people to be able to verify | 5 |
| 1638864064557244416 | As we end the training for the western area region on promoting professional media coverage and conflict sensitive reporting, supported by @NEDemocracy, the Editor of @AfricaCheck -Nigeria, @pantaphobious is extensively discussing tips and processes of fact-checking. @SLMIC3 https://t.co/hla9byvoca | 5 |
Top 10 tweets with highest Like count
| ID | Text | Like count |
|---|---|---|
| 1640704804308545543 | Beware of Covid vaccine misinformation - a recent claim that Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates wants to “‘force-jab’ the unvaccinated” through vaccinated livestock is pure fabrication. https://t.co/KzWmzuzr37 #FactsMatter @AfricaCheck | 35 |
| 1640388609734766592 | Il urge que la presse lutte contre la désinformation sur la TL221. Ces gros comptes qui véhiculent du fakes à longueur de journée risquent d’embraser ce pays. @dakaractu @Dakarposte @RTS1_Senegal @seneweb @GFMofficiel @QuotidienSN @enquete_plus @itv_sn @AfricaCheck @SENTVinfo https://t.co/L2wik976Hl | 27 |
| 1640364805478395904 | [WATCH] Seeing is believing? Not so fast. Here’s how to easily verify images and videos on social media and avoid being fooled by misinformation. #FactsMatter @africacheck https://t.co/gTOnwbbyVH | 24 |
| 1638965797769867271 | HISTORY-CHECK: Was Hamilton Naki directly involved with the first heart transplant? https://t.co/8K8AcijU0C @AfricaCheck https://t.co/Cc8NZWxbvE | 14 |
| 1640944120263856128 | Seeing is believing? Not so fast. Here’s how to easily verify images and videos on social media and avoid being fooled by misinformation. #FactsMatter @AfricaCheck https://t.co/Y5g4ZywMx7 | 14 |
| 1638864064557244416 | As we end the training for the western area region on promoting professional media coverage and conflict sensitive reporting, supported by @NEDemocracy, the Editor of @AfricaCheck -Nigeria, @pantaphobious is extensively discussing tips and processes of fact-checking. @SLMIC3 https://t.co/hla9byvoca | 13 |
| 1639248103025917953 | Fact-Checking is a specific application of verification in the world of journalism, which should be practiced and off course applied. We climaxed the training with a very insightful presentation on fact-checking by @pantaphobious from @AfricaCheck @Mrcgsl https://t.co/IBZ3TSPUgM | 12 |
| 1638550930302943232 | I love @AfricaCheck! As technology advances so too has the speed and ease at which misinformation travels. To protect your friends and family, here are 5 questions to ask yourself before forwarding a message. Mom, are you listening? #FactsMatter WATCH: https://t.co/LPkaQvkFMH | 12 |
| 1639173270779084806 | In partnership with @LMU_Muenchen, we will be hosting a discussion on the challenges of fact-checking with @AfricaCheck & book launch of Digital Unsettling: Decoloniality and Disposession in the Age of Social Media. RSVP & join us: https://t.co/H0mGjUeE9J #StellenboschJournalism https://t.co/Mez5NFRrGH | 12 |
| 1640283544810299393 | Seeing is believing? Not so fast. Here’s how to easily verify images and videos on social media and avoid being fooled by misinformation @AfricaCheck #FactsMatter https://t.co/8Gp9pLy7NH | 11 |
Top 3 Languages Used In Tweets
Top 10 Hashtags used
| Hashtag | Count |
|---|---|
| #factsmatter | 149 |
| #stellenboschjournalism | 4 |
| #nationalshutdown | 4 |
| #covid19 | 3 |
| #gauteng | 2 |
| #factcheck | 2 |
| #stellies | 2 |
| #icymi | 1 |
| #kenya | 1 |
| #fodder | 1 |
Top 10 Hashtags Used In Tweets
Top 10 mentions
| Mention | Count |
|---|---|
| @africacheck | 310 |
| @dakaractu | 18 |
| @dakarposte | 18 |
| @rts1_senegal | 18 |
| @seneweb | 18 |
| @gfmofficiel | 18 |
| @quotidiensn | 18 |
| @enquete_plus | 18 |
| @itv_sn | 18 |
| @sentvinfo | 18 |
Top 10 mentions
Wordcloud of Tweets
Emojis
Average number of emojis used per tweet
11
Emojis used in tweets
| Emoji | Count | Emoji Text |
|---|---|---|
| 👉 | 7 | backhand_index_pointing_right |
| 🤣 | 6 | rolling_on_the_floor_laughing |
| 👇🏾 | 2 | backhand_index_pointing_down_medium-dark_skin_tone |
| 🤷🏾♀️ | 2 | woman_shrugging_medium-dark_skin_tone |
| 🧐 | 2 | face_with_monocle |
| ⚠️ | 2 | warning |
| ✅ | 2 | check_mark_button |
| 🚨 | 2 | police_car_light |
| 🔎 | 1 | magnifying_glass_tilted_right |
| 👇 | 1 | backhand_index_pointing_down |
Emojis groups
| Emoji Group | Count |
|---|---|
| People & Body | 14 |
| Smileys & Emotion | 10 |
| Symbols | 6 |
| Travel & Places | 2 |
| Objects | 1 |
| Flags | 1 |