Tweets Analysis - Keyword: @pressgazette
Overview
Total number of tweets analysed
439
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
The tweets cover a range of topics related to journalism, including concerns about the erosion of trust in British journalism due to political influence, a victory for press freedom in the UK, proposals for media guidelines for naming suspects who have been charged, and debates around the language used to describe scientists. There are also discussions of podcasts and news coverage of cultural issues. Finally, there is mention of the ongoing controversy surrounding phone hacking scandals in the UK media.
Topic Modeling
- British Journalism
- Press Freedom
- BBC
- Data Journalism
- Media Ethics
Emotional Analysis
The emotions expressed in these tweets vary greatly. Some express excitement and praise for good journalism, while others express frustration and criticism towards media outlets and policies. There are also tweets that express shock and sarcasm towards cancel culture and sensationalism in the media.
Trend Analysis
- Press freedom and journalism integrity
- BBC and political media coverage
- Podcasts and media trends
- Draft guidelines proposed by the College of Policing
- Data journalism and information gathering controversies
Types of Tweets
Number of Retweets
168
Percentage of total tweets
38%
Number of Original tweets
96
Percentage of total tweets
21%
Number of tweets that contain Mentions
439
Percentage of total tweets
100%
Number of tweets that were Replies
162
Percentage of total tweets
36%
Number of tweets that were Quotes
30
Percentage of total tweets
6%
Number of tweets that contain Hashtags
69
Percentage of total tweets
15%
Top 5 devices used to tweet
| Source | Count |
|---|---|
| Twitter Web App | 146 |
| Twitter for iPhone | 118 |
| Twitter for Android | 73 |
| media.info | 46 |
| TweetDeck | 35 |
What devices were used to tweet
Top 10 accounts with highest followers count
| Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
|---|---|---|---|
| ruskin147 | Rory Cellan-Jones | Former BBC tech correspondent. Author 'Always On’. Subscribe to my healthtech Substack https://t.co/n5k9ITW8qB Also agent for #SophieFromRomania | 321,819 |
| jonsopel | Jon Sopel | Jon Sopel, host of daily podcast The News Agents with @maitlis on @global and produced by @persephonica | 256,315 |
| jamesrbuk | James Ball | Global Editor @TBIJ. Columnist @TheNewEuropean. Author. “Public intellectual” – @CharlotteIvers. Personal account. 🏳️🌈 | 83,771 |
| NYTimesPR | NYTimes Communications | Press inquiries: booking@nytimes.com. Contact @NYTcare or help@nytimes.com for tech/sub issues. More contacts at: https://t.co/Eau4LdYK0n | 83,006 |
| JewishChron | The Jewish Chronicle | The world's oldest and most influential Jewish newspaper. Since 1841. https://t.co/4Q4MrVqlFQ | 80,225 |
| pressgazette | Press Gazette | News about the world of news. Sign up to our free newsletters here: https://t.co/lyJb39Ntv8 Find and post jobs: https://t.co/yQEN35UfNp Stories and tips: pged@pressgazette.co.uk | 78,331 |
| risj_oxford | Reuters Institute | Exploring the future of journalism. Subscribe to our free newsletter https://t.co/P8As1PGbVF | 72,639 |
| 1goodtern | tern | Hazard Awareness Monger | 54,380 |
| dinosofos | Dino Sofos | Founder CEO, @Persephonica | Executive Producer of @TheNewsAgents podcast | Creator of the BBC’s Brexitcast, Newscast & Americast | dino@persephonica.com | 46,253 |
| simonrug | Simon Thomas | Rugby writer. Still tapping away! | 45,989 |
Top 10 accounts with highest friends count
| Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
|---|---|---|---|
| InsideNewsroom_ | Inside The Newsroom #JournalismJobs | Home to the largest journalism jobs board in the world. Subscribe: https://t.co/oh8bnZij8r Email: daniellevitt32@gmail.com | 27,811 |
| Stuzipants | Stuzi 🐝🐝🐝 | Half Manc Half Biscuit 🍪 Nap Jedi… Flight risk… If your political bent is prefixed with “far” we probably won’t get along. I blog (who knew) 👇 | 18,968 |
| TakaoYOSHIDA6 | 🇯🇵Takao YOSHIDA | COMMISSIONED PHYSICIAN of SUMITOMO MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY 住友生命保険相互会社嘱託医 | 17,704 |
| simonrug | Simon Thomas | Rugby writer. Still tapping away! | 14,954 |
| SecretDJBook | The Secret DJ. | management - SDJMGMT@gmail.com worldwide booking enquiries - rachel@warmagency.com | 12,193 |
| pressgazette | Press Gazette | News about the world of news. Sign up to our free newsletters here: https://t.co/lyJb39Ntv8 Find and post jobs: https://t.co/yQEN35UfNp Stories and tips: pged@pressgazette.co.uk | 12,030 |
| zhukov43 | Andrew Deighton | World Champion doom scroller, 😂. Love podcasts, football, NFL, NBA and rugby union, also play the occasional video game, and I’ve eaten a Carolina Reaper too. | 11,322 |
| KatyaTaylor | Catherine Taylor 🇺🇦🌻 | Barnacle. Writer for hire. Memoir The Stirrings from @wnbooks Aug 2023. Former dep dir @englishpen . Co-charmer @BrixtonBooks. Agent: @eleanorbirne | 9,558 |
| JulieLeyGibbs | La Dama Bruja🇪🇸🇪🇺FBPE #GTTO | Home EU 🇪🇺Wife,Mother,Animal lover. FBPE GTTO mastodon 📍@julieleygibbs@toot.community | 9,408 |
| PinocchPrincess | Princess Pinocchio 🇬🇧🏴 | The Original Twitter Princess Pinocchio. 🇬🇧 The world has gone crazy! I stand against woke nonsense and treasonous liars. ✝️🏴🇬🇧 | 8,770 |
Most active users
| Username | Bio | Number of tweets |
|---|---|---|
| mediainfoWorldw | A worldwide feed of media news, from the media information website. For country-specific versions, come to http://t.co/wBZcjFY5tO | 34 |
| NSMGMedia | @techmonitorai, @CapitalMonitorA, @CityMonitorAI, @pressgazette, @elite_traveler, @SpearsMagazine, @worldoffinewine, @LeadmonitorA and @NewStatesman. | 27 |
| minfoUKprint | The latest print journalism news about UK newspapers and magazines from http://t.co/wBZcjFY5tO | 10 |
| dianapop | Painter, drawer, singer, songwriter, journalist, actress, dancer... wannabe. #RefugeesWelcome https://t.co/1MCVyi3LXr #UkraineWar👉https://t.co/9QBIRbxUIR | 9 |
| pelargonium2 | - | 9 |
| EBrzeczy | Alter ego "helping" media/press/editors with fact checks since 2012. Mainly about Poland. Independent & apolitical. Not from Chrząszczyrzewoszyce. | 7 |
| HughJaeger | Bus, train, tram. Wind, wave, tide, solar, geothermal. No HS2, RIS2 or nuclear. Free Belarus, Kashmir, Palestine, Tibet, West Papua. http://hughjaeger.wordpress | 5 |
| MediagazerChat | This account RTs tweets that Mediagazer links to. | 5 |
| writersroompub | Fiction and non-fiction by journalist, screenwriter and novelist, Alice Charles | 5 |
| ma_donna | #Everychildismychild #ognibambinoeilmiobambino 🇮🇹🏴🇻🇦🇮🇲🇬🇪 | 4 |
Tweets per day
Top 10 tweets with highest Retweet count
| ID | Text | Retweet count |
|---|---|---|
| 1638839979408527360 | Think this quote in @pressgazette seems to capture the main issue in British journalism at the moment (not just local journalism) very well. https://t.co/3caCT4zBV2 | 33 |
| 1638221463650967554 | New for @pressgazette: The College of Policing has drawn up draft media guidelines to make it optional for forces to name suspects *after* they’ve been charged. Currently: charged suspects “should be named”. Proposal: charged suspects “can be named”. https://t.co/o8eLSjMSkC | 10 |
| 1638883289326030848 | thanks for the interview, @pressgazette! want to build a reddit presence for your newsroom? read the room, build relationships and know the rules: https://t.co/wbgQOXpo2l | 5 |
| 1641135170211151873 | Quite the day at the IOP @PhysicsNews discussing the problems using terms such as Boffin and how it can put people off physics and science. Great coverage in @dailystar @bbc5live @TimesRadio @pressgazette and many others highlighting the issue https://t.co/WT8T9qkaP7 | 5 |
| 1640683133929439234 | @pressgazette @maitlis @jonsopel @lewis_goodall People interested in top quality journalism, who knew?.. The BBC Gibbs and the BBC taketh away. | 5 |
| 1639324562973155328 | Hearing this policy proposal is now being withdrawn by the College of Policing after the huge outcry that followed this @pressgazette story (awaiting confirmation/statement). Big victory for press freedom led by the Mail’s Rebecca Camber, chair of the Crime Reporters Association. https://t.co/1Tqhq2r8Us | 4 |
| 1640643673623863297 | @GoldmanSachs @FT @sherman4949 @CNBC @AndrewKersley @pressgazette 📊@gijn lists the winners of this year's Sigma Awards for data journalism, which include our OCJN member @migueldobrich and his team at @AmenazaRoboto https://t.co/cx1eEl2Owd | 4 |
| 1640858438954614784 | Yet still they stand by and do nothing. I haven’t met a single #MortgagePrisoner who isn’t now financially savvy. Closed books are a loophole that needs closing. At the moment ANYONE with a mortgage is at risk. @AdamFisherNews @itvnews @pressgazette @NUJofficial https://t.co/8BOK1MeYIW | 4 |
| 1638913318046892038 | @pressgazette thank you lizzy for leaving us the gift of ending Spitting Image | 3 |
| 1638516074462281732 | Interesting write-up of the @EditorsUK conference panel last week from @pressgazette . Come for the amusing headline, stay for the important discussion of inclusion, representation and trust in news https://t.co/uuVSohG81u | 3 |
Top 10 tweets with highest Like count
| ID | Text | Like count |
|---|---|---|
| 1638839979408527360 | Think this quote in @pressgazette seems to capture the main issue in British journalism at the moment (not just local journalism) very well. https://t.co/3caCT4zBV2 | 139 |
| 1640683133929439234 | @pressgazette @maitlis @jonsopel @lewis_goodall People interested in top quality journalism, who knew?.. The BBC Gibbs and the BBC taketh away. | 67 |
| 1640770151946526727 | @Indepndnt_Wave @pressgazette @maitlis @lewis_goodall @dinosofos That is the endorsement @lewis_goodall and I have been after : awful jokes, but better than @maitlis singing. We’ll take that | 46 |
| 1639324562973155328 | Hearing this policy proposal is now being withdrawn by the College of Policing after the huge outcry that followed this @pressgazette story (awaiting confirmation/statement). Big victory for press freedom led by the Mail’s Rebecca Camber, chair of the Crime Reporters Association. https://t.co/1Tqhq2r8Us | 30 |
| 1638883289326030848 | thanks for the interview, @pressgazette! want to build a reddit presence for your newsroom? read the room, build relationships and know the rules: https://t.co/wbgQOXpo2l | 28 |
| 1640683324417900545 | @pressgazette @jonsopel @maitlis @lewis_goodall I’ve listened to every episode and loved it, even if they’ve got a Tory on, still listened, they usually get hammered, 😂 | 22 |
| 1640706803649617920 | @pressgazette @maitlis @jonsopel @lewis_goodall millions who rated the BBC Political News for years have had their trust eroded since the Conservatives wedged their cronies in. top political podcasts are now @RestIsPolitics and @TheNewsAgents , radio is Global #LBC for Andrew Marr, Matt Frei Well done Kuenssberg & #bbqt 👏 | 21 |
| 1641135170211151873 | Quite the day at the IOP @PhysicsNews discussing the problems using terms such as Boffin and how it can put people off physics and science. Great coverage in @dailystar @bbc5live @TimesRadio @pressgazette and many others highlighting the issue https://t.co/WT8T9qkaP7 | 20 |
| 1640711520329031680 | @pressgazette @maitlis @jonsopel @lewis_goodall Top work. Probably my favourite podcast after @moversand6 right now | 19 |
| 1640754450301157379 | @pressgazette @Bron_Maher How is it possible to watch Gross-Bollocks News for that length of time and not mention Harry or Meghan in the copy? That channel is obsessed with them! Every single day without fail there is a segment devoted to them. Culture war bollocks, innit? | 17 |
Top 3 Languages Used In Tweets
Top 10 Hashtags used
| Hashtag | Count |
|---|---|
| #press | 44 |
| #spons | 3 |
| #30towatch | 2 |
| #journojobs | 2 |
| #ad | 2 |
| #lbc | 2 |
| #bbqt | 2 |
| #mortgageprisoner | 2 |
| #tv | 2 |
| #media100network | 2 |
Top 10 Hashtags Used In Tweets
Top 10 mentions
| Mention | Count |
|---|---|
| @pressgazette | 443 |
| @maitlis | 46 |
| @lewis_goodall | 45 |
| @jonsopel | 41 |
| @bron_maher | 34 |
| @charlottetobitt | 11 |
| @catherine_mayer | 9 |
| @dinosofos | 8 |
| @wturvill | 8 |
| @ft | 8 |
Top 10 mentions
Wordcloud of Tweets
Emojis
Average number of emojis used per tweet
16
Emojis used in tweets
| Emoji | Count | Emoji Text |
|---|---|---|
| 🤣 | 10 | rolling_on_the_floor_laughing |
| 😂 | 8 | face_with_tears_of_joy |
| 👏 | 3 | clapping_hands |
| ♥️ | 2 | heart_suit |
| 😘 | 2 | face_blowing_a_kiss |
| 🎙️ | 2 | studio_microphone |
| 📧 | 2 | |
| 📊 | 2 | bar_chart |
| 🙌🏻 | 2 | raising_hands_light_skin_tone |
| ☀️ | 2 | sun |
Emojis groups
| Emoji Group | Count |
|---|---|
| Smileys & Emotion | 43 |
| Objects | 11 |
| People & Body | 10 |
| Activities | 4 |
| Travel & Places | 3 |
| Symbols | 2 |
| Flags | 1 |