Tweets Analysis - Keyword: @Hardeep_Matharu
Overview
Total number of tweets analysed
359
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
British Asians feel a sense of disconnect from both Asian and British cultures. A BBC documentary about Shamima Begum explored her story but did not dig deep enough into why she left to join ISIS. The lack of exploration of British roots of radicalization and how British institutions foment and enable this continues to complicate matters. There are questions around how the media would cover similar stories of white girls and fear of morphing into a theocratic, libertarian, kleptocracy. The need to probe deeper into complexities of stories like Shamima Begun's is essential in order to understand this issue.
Topic Modeling
- Identity: Feeling British, feeling English, feelings of isolation, difficulties with belonging
- Radicalization: Roots of British radicalization, Shamima Begum's radicalization
- Politics and Media: Ignoring the roots of British radicalization, politicians and media, responsibilities of government
- Power Structures: Rank hypocrisy of institutions, Far right propaganda, rise of christian evangelical right, christian sacrilege
- Societal Expectations: Family expectations, Social expectations
Emotional Analysis
The tweets express a range of emotions including confusion, frustration, despair, and indignation. Many of the tweets discuss the case of Shamima Begum, a British schoolgirl who left the UK to join ISIS, and the lack of media coverage or explanation of why she did so. Other tweets discuss the difficulty of being British Asian and the lack of belonging felt in both cultures. Additionally, there is a sense of alarm and indignation at the hypocrisy of the government and media in the UK, as well as the rise of the Christian evangelical right.
Trend Analysis
- Race and Identity
- Radicalization of British Youth
- Media Coverage of Suspicious Behaviour
- The Power of the Christian Evangelical Right
- Governance in the Anglosphere
Types of Tweets
Number of Retweets
103
Percentage of total tweets
28%
Number of Original tweets
10
Percentage of total tweets
2%
Number of tweets that contain Mentions
359
Percentage of total tweets
100%
Number of tweets that were Replies
242
Percentage of total tweets
67%
Number of tweets that were Quotes
44
Percentage of total tweets
12%
Number of tweets that contain Hashtags
28
Percentage of total tweets
7%
Top 5 devices used to tweet
| Source | Count |
|---|---|
| Twitter for iPhone | 136 |
| Twitter Web App | 119 |
| Twitter for Android | 73 |
| Twitter for iPad | 27 |
| Teesside-v4 | 3 |
What devices were used to tweet
Top 10 accounts with highest followers count
| Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
|---|---|---|---|
| BylineTimes | Byline Times | A new type of newspaper. No oligarchs, no government bungs, no adverts. Just journalism. Funded by our readers. Outside of the system. | 142,007 |
| peterjukes | Peter Jukes | Dramatist wrenched out of fiction 10 years ago by the fierce urgency of fact (& Murdoch crimes). CEO Byline. Personal views here. @BylineTimes newsletter below | 128,584 |
| BylineTV | Byline TV | Join us in building a better media where fact and accountability matters | Watch at https://t.co/BiymSvxHEK | 69,007 |
| David_Challen | David Challen | Domestic Abuse Campaigner | Survivor | Writer | Speaker | Freed my mum #SallyChallen in a landmark #CoerciveControl case. Bylines @Guardian @thetimes @AJEnglish | 34,723 |
| andycorneys | Andy #Rejoin #Climatejustice #NHS | Advocate for equality & climate justice. Hate’s racists, misogynists, poverty, cruelty & liars. Politicians are the problem not the solution Aggravated Activist | 33,515 |
| ChrissieGrech | Chrissie🇺🇦 Grech (v)🇪🇺 | Voiceover actor | 30,910 |
| Byline_Media | Byline Supplement | A New Type of Media | Our News Site and Monthly Newspaper: @BylineTimes | Our TV Channel: @BylineTV | Our Festival: @BylineFest | Our weekly supplement here | 29,403 |
| Ziya_Meral | Ziya Meral | Senior Associate Fellow @RUSI_Org, Visiting Fellow Royal Navy Strategic Studies Centre, Co-director @cci_project, Senior Associate Fellow @theELN . | 26,724 |
| SandraDunn1955 | 🐟Dame Rainbow Warrior💙 🇪🇺 | Seriously annoying. Retired court official. Baby Boomer who wants a future for her daughters and grandson with all the benefits she had!❄🖤 | 26,055 |
| BremainInSpain | BremainInSpain | We are an NGO campaigning for #citizensrights #VotesForLife #HoldThemToAccount #RejoinEU #MakeVotesMatter On Mastadon @BremainInSpain@toot.community | 25,790 |
Top 10 accounts with highest friends count
| Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
|---|---|---|---|
| andycorneys | Andy #Rejoin #Climatejustice #NHS | Advocate for equality & climate justice. Hate’s racists, misogynists, poverty, cruelty & liars. Politicians are the problem not the solution Aggravated Activist | 31,654 |
| ChrissieGrech | Chrissie🇺🇦 Grech (v)🇪🇺 | Voiceover actor | 20,402 |
| birdman2 | George Thomas | Introverted extrovert a Grumpy Old Man,I have a MarmitePersonality.#MUFC.FBPE.GTTO, NHS not for sale.. | 19,194 |
| PeterDilworth1 | Dr Peter Dilworth 💙 #Woke #GTTO 😷 | NHS GP, struck back on register AGAIN. Hate inequality. Seriously anti Brexit Tories GOP. Socialist. #Resist #GTTO #rejoinEU @PeterDilworth@mastodon.online | 19,032 |
| SandraDunn1955 | 🐟Dame Rainbow Warrior💙 🇪🇺 | Seriously annoying. Retired court official. Baby Boomer who wants a future for her daughters and grandson with all the benefits she had!❄🖤 | 16,879 |
| EuropeanPowell | EuropeanPowell | Painter. Senior lecturer Fine Art, Royal Academy of Art, The Hague #FBPE 'Libertarianism is incompatible with democracy' @EuropeanPowell@toot.community | 16,828 |
| JohnWest_JAWS | John West 🕯💙🇺🇦 | #antigrowthcoalition - because Truss asked for it. @JohnWest_JAWS@mastodonapp.uk | 16,681 |
| BremainInSpain | BremainInSpain | We are an NGO campaigning for #citizensrights #VotesForLife #HoldThemToAccount #RejoinEU #MakeVotesMatter On Mastadon @BremainInSpain@toot.community | 16,145 |
| lynneleech1952 | lynne leech | - | 13,055 |
| mckinlay_liz | 🏴 Why Not Scotland 🇺🇦 | Professional beach bum/ bag wummin.Hobbies are swearing and falling over. Passions are Scottish Independence, animal rights and Palestine.Also a proud Piganeer. | 11,698 |
Most active users
| Username | Bio | Number of tweets |
|---|---|---|
| SusanChubb1 | cancer survivor, UK Govt response to Covid19UK breaks EUCHR Article 2 Failure to Protect. thoughts & opinions are my own.#GENow | 91 |
| anabl18 | Chartered Clinical Psychologist & Mindfulness Teacher. All views are my own. RT express interest. Mastodon: @anaribeiro@toad.social | 29 |
| Allchanges | Critical Thinking helps deconstruct propaganda. We need a National Critical Thinking campaign! Woke & Snowflake ❄️ JOIN A UNION! ⚖️ | 10 |
| repeatall | just a simple man who wants to see the world burn. MCMLXXIX-MMXV #SuicidePrevention | 10 |
| JohnWest_JAWS | #antigrowthcoalition - because Truss asked for it. @JohnWest_JAWS@mastodonapp.uk | 9 |
| cockneycampaign | ELondon. Hate Brexit | 8 |
| EuropeanPowell | Painter. Senior lecturer Fine Art, Royal Academy of Art, The Hague #FBPE 'Libertarianism is incompatible with democracy' @EuropeanPowell@toot.community | 7 |
| PompeyTim69 | MotoGP, WSBK, BSB fan. Runner, dog lover. Opinionated, but willing to listen to intelligent, informed opinions/arguments (no, QAnon doesn't count). | 6 |
| BylineTimes | A new type of newspaper. No oligarchs, no government bungs, no adverts. Just journalism. Funded by our readers. Outside of the system. | 5 |
| Zen_Master_74 | Pro Brexit, Anti Globalists. | 4 |
Tweets per day
Top 10 tweets with highest Retweet count
| ID | Text | Retweet count |
|---|---|---|
| 1628018496704593922 | @anabl18 @SusanChubb1 @JohnWest_JAWS @EuropeanPowell @hawkins_carole @ChrissieGrech @psychmag @brianklaas @JMPSimor @alexhallhall @SnellArthur @mrjamesob @Femi_Sorry @carolvorders @CarolineLucas @natalieben @zarahsultana @2019_winston @RaveCozensHardy @docrussjackson @RealBristolNews @NarcAware @eyes_lilly @TomLondon6 @MarinaPurkiss @Hardeep_Matharu @carolecadwalla @allthecitizens @susannareid100 @mikegalsworthy @yourauntemma @acgrayling @Otto_English @psymdec @nickreeves9876 Levido is Lynton Crosby protégé. Johnson employed him for #GE19 & he stayed on *despite* #Partygate and highest Covid death toll in Europe. And scored a Tory crony contract #FleetwoodStrategy representing Thiel/Palantir is another alarm bell @carolvorders https://t.co/CULyCJoDE8 | 25 |
| 1627047882401497089 | Watch our new BylineTV+ show #ThePrintEdition with @PeterJukes & @Hardeep_Matharu. with special guests @PeterPeteryork & @dcampbell_iptv https://t.co/3XxeE5pP4P | 22 |
| 1626918719325626368 | A very good article by @Hardeep_Matharu. I felt just the same about the TV documentary, wanting the interviewer to probe deeper into the complexities. Shamima Begum: How Politicians and the Media Ignore the British Roots of Radicalisation https://t.co/j8jo7JNGz1 | 19 |
| 1627771099437056001 | Very powerful piece by @Hardeep_Matharu reflecting on the BBC Documentary on Shamima Begun and why media so far has ignored to penetrate the fundamental issue of the roots of British radicalisation. @BylineTimes @Byline_Media @mikegalsworthy @peterjukes https://t.co/PGxRD9AF8r | 19 |
| 1626944239161511936 | So @Hardeep_Matharu and I are now doing a new format for @BylineTV — The Print Edition — taking you behind the headlines of @BylineTimes each month. It’s for members only, but you’ll see clips of our interviews on social media https://t.co/14CLpy41UZ | 18 |
| 1627981632488480768 | @JohnWest_JAWS @EuropeanPowell @hawkins_carole @anabl18 @ChrissieGrech @psychmag @brianklaas @JMPSimor @alexhallhall @SnellArthur @cockneycampaign @mrjamesob @Femi_Sorry @carolvorders @CarolineLucas @natalieben @zarahsultana @2019_winston @RaveCozensHardy @docrussjackson @RealBristolNews @NarcAware @eyes_lilly @TomLondon6 @MarinaPurkiss @Hardeep_Matharu @carolecadwalla @allthecitizens @susannareid100 @mikegalsworthy @yourauntemma @acgrayling @Otto_English @ZaffranRiver @psymdec @nickreeves9876 https://t.co/HpgKrSlplv | 17 |
| 1626920506099130368 | This section by @Hardeep_Matharu really resonated with me. It’s the common phenomenon of Muslim girls (my friends and me included) desperately hoping to be “a bit more free”, but finding ourselves jumping only from one oppressive cage to another: https://t.co/I5IFDFI0xf | 15 |
| 1627939933552799744 | @hawkins_carole @SusanChubb1 @anabl18 @ChrissieGrech @psychmag @brianklaas @JMPSimor @alexhallhall @SnellArthur @cockneycampaign @mrjamesob @Femi_Sorry @carolvorders @CarolineLucas @natalieben @zarahsultana @2019_winston @RaveCozensHardy @docrussjackson @JohnWest_JAWS @RealBristolNews @NarcAware @eyes_lilly @TomLondon6 @MarinaPurkiss @Hardeep_Matharu @carolecadwalla @allthecitizens @susannareid100 @mikegalsworthy @yourauntemma @acgrayling @Otto_English @ZaffranRiver @psymdec @nickreeves9876 Britain is fast on the way to morphing into a theocratic, libertarian, kleptocracy, it is sinking under the weight of far right propaganda, choking from the stranglehold of fascists. I truly despair at the rank hypocrisy of our institutions who are fomenting and enabling this. | 15 |
| 1627274343708348420 | I struggle to find the words to describe how brilliant and beautiful this piece is by @Hardeep_Matharu As someone who was told in Year 6 or 5th “your British not British English,”my sense of isolation and not belonging here only intensified in my teens throughout the 80s. https://t.co/ivuvA5BtL8 | 14 |
| 1627646308453343235 | Insightful, as always by @Hardeep_Matharu Shamima Begum: How Politicians & Media Ignore the British Roots of Radicalisation BBC doc exploring the story of the schoolgirl only scrapes the surface of the biggest question: why she did it? @BylineTimes https://t.co/QLTgwIyesI | 13 |
Top 10 tweets with highest Like count
| ID | Text | Like count |
|---|---|---|
| 1627200230704783361 | @Hardeep_Matharu Many British Asians feel neither fully Asian nor British And when it comes to being English… well… I’ve been born and brought up in England but would never describe myself as English. Not because I have a problem with it… I don’t feel I am allowed to or expected to. | 54 |
| 1627375094384283648 | @Hardeep_Matharu Great piece. I have long thought that Begum's radicalisation in Britain has meant her case should be heard and tried in our courts. It stinks of the govt wanting to wash their hands of any and all responsibility. | 51 |
| 1627771099437056001 | Very powerful piece by @Hardeep_Matharu reflecting on the BBC Documentary on Shamima Begun and why media so far has ignored to penetrate the fundamental issue of the roots of British radicalisation. @BylineTimes @Byline_Media @mikegalsworthy @peterjukes https://t.co/PGxRD9AF8r | 45 |
| 1626920506099130368 | This section by @Hardeep_Matharu really resonated with me. It’s the common phenomenon of Muslim girls (my friends and me included) desperately hoping to be “a bit more free”, but finding ourselves jumping only from one oppressive cage to another: https://t.co/I5IFDFI0xf | 43 |
| 1627939933552799744 | @hawkins_carole @SusanChubb1 @anabl18 @ChrissieGrech @psychmag @brianklaas @JMPSimor @alexhallhall @SnellArthur @cockneycampaign @mrjamesob @Femi_Sorry @carolvorders @CarolineLucas @natalieben @zarahsultana @2019_winston @RaveCozensHardy @docrussjackson @JohnWest_JAWS @RealBristolNews @NarcAware @eyes_lilly @TomLondon6 @MarinaPurkiss @Hardeep_Matharu @carolecadwalla @allthecitizens @susannareid100 @mikegalsworthy @yourauntemma @acgrayling @Otto_English @ZaffranRiver @psymdec @nickreeves9876 Britain is fast on the way to morphing into a theocratic, libertarian, kleptocracy, it is sinking under the weight of far right propaganda, choking from the stranglehold of fascists. I truly despair at the rank hypocrisy of our institutions who are fomenting and enabling this. | 41 |
| 1626918719325626368 | A very good article by @Hardeep_Matharu. I felt just the same about the TV documentary, wanting the interviewer to probe deeper into the complexities. Shamima Begum: How Politicians and the Media Ignore the British Roots of Radicalisation https://t.co/j8jo7JNGz1 | 41 |
| 1627047882401497089 | Watch our new BylineTV+ show #ThePrintEdition with @PeterJukes & @Hardeep_Matharu. with special guests @PeterPeteryork & @dcampbell_iptv https://t.co/3XxeE5pP4P | 35 |
| 1626934913998938112 | 🔴 Shamima Begum: How Politicians and the Media Ignore the British Roots of Radicalisation A new BBC documentary exploring the story of the schoolgirl who left London to join ISIS swerves the biggest question of all: why she did it, @Hardeep_Matharu https://t.co/VDOLilXfrO | 34 |
| 1626944239161511936 | So @Hardeep_Matharu and I are now doing a new format for @BylineTV — The Print Edition — taking you behind the headlines of @BylineTimes each month. It’s for members only, but you’ll see clips of our interviews on social media https://t.co/14CLpy41UZ | 30 |
| 1627269846655172608 | @Hardeep_Matharu @BylineTimes Imagine if a white 15 year old girl called Emily were to leave the UK and travel to Russia, get married to a Russian soldier who is then killed in Ukraine and then found years later in a refugee camp. There is zero percent chance the UK govt and press would treat her the same. | 28 |
Top 3 Languages Used In Tweets
Top 10 Hashtags used
| Hashtag | Count |
|---|---|
| #ge19 | 3 |
| #partygate | 3 |
| #fleetwoodstrategy | 3 |
| #teessidenotteeside | 3 |
| #toryeducation | 2 |
| #tuftonstreettaliban | 2 |
| #disastruss | 2 |
| #theprintedition | 2 |
| #suicideprevention | 2 |
| #shamima | 2 |
Top 10 Hashtags Used In Tweets
Top 10 mentions
| Mention | Count |
|---|---|
| @hardeep_matharu | 360 |
| @carolvorders | 197 |
| @mikegalsworthy | 190 |
| @otto_english | 190 |
| @acgrayling | 189 |
| @eyes_lilly | 188 |
| @marinapurkiss | 188 |
| @allthecitizens | 188 |
| @psychmag | 187 |
| @brianklaas | 187 |
Top 10 mentions
Wordcloud of Tweets
Emojis
Average number of emojis used per tweet
14
Emojis used in tweets
| Emoji | Count | Emoji Text |
|---|---|---|
| 👇 | 9 | backhand_index_pointing_down |
| 🔴 | 6 | red_circle |
| 🤷♂️ | 5 | man_shrugging |
| 🤣 | 5 | rolling_on_the_floor_laughing |
| 👀 | 4 | eyes |
| 🤔 | 4 | thinking_face |
| 🙏 | 3 | folded_hands |
| 😃 | 3 | grinning_face_with_big_eyes |
| 😏 | 2 | smirking_face |
| 👍 | 2 | thumbs_up |
Emojis groups
| Emoji Group | Count |
|---|---|
| People & Body | 24 |
| Smileys & Emotion | 18 |
| Symbols | 7 |
| Flags | 2 |