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A quick report on the tweets, posts and status updates that have been published so far regarding the Dalai Lama. What is our Reputation as a country looking like at the moment? And how do people worldwide feel about this?
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Is South Africa’s
reputation at stake
here?
Based on English comments only, and on all
the comments picked up so far by saidWot.
Please note that all statements are based
on facts, not on opinions.
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3rd of October: Questions online as to whether the Dalai Lama was granted access into SA.
3rd of October: SA has once again denied the spiritual Tibetan leader a visa.
On the evening of the 4th, Archbishop Desmond Tutu spoke out, and so did the rest of
the country. And not just the country, but the rest of the world.
Timelines
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Over 4000 Tweets and status updates.
Over 250 articles on news and websites.
What?
This is what we have picked up so far.
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Where? Social media!
Where?
This is only taking into consideration the English
posts published so far. No other languages were
included.
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Mainly on Twitter
Where?
• Retweets or articles and jokes
• Opinions and views on the matter.
• Responses from politicians and
celebrities
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Who and how?
A Young Audience, slightly more female than male.
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Our Reputation
0.67 / 5.0
This is based on the sentiment of the post, as well as the credibility of the person that published
it.
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The reach of these comments?
The news was spread to 23 254 745 people (so far)
This is based on the number of followers or friends the person has, or the number of unique
visitors to a website.
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How did South Africa feel about it?
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Proudly South African today?
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International support
Internationally, the news spread fast.
And many a celebrity showed their support for Tutu and their sadness around the story.
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However, there are always South Africans that see the humor in it
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This report is high level and based only on the comments and information that have come in
so far.
We have all the data and analysis, so if you are interested in receiving this, please contact us
on the below contact details.
We will keep an eye on the comments in the next few days and will gladly report back on
those as well.
Any feedback or suggestions is more than welcome!
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