Thread by @joyopal

We map Twitter following behavior of Indian journalists for a sense of what the nation’s media has its ears on

A first step towards mapping influence the media landscape on Twitter. Thread with results

Details on the data, methodology here:

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Here is a list of 50 journalists most-followed within the fraternity. @ShekharGupta tops, followed by @sardesairajdeep @BDUTT

@svaradarajan @free_thinker strong outliers

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Here is a list of 50 politicians followed by journalists. @NarendraModi is by far the most followed.

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Here is a list of 50 scholars, lawyers, and public commentators followed by journalists. Leaders @Ram_Guha @pbhushan1 @pbmehta

@DalrympleWill most-followed non-Indian on the list

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Here is a list of 50 global journalists (located outside India) most followed among the journalism fraternity in India.

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Celebrities most followed by Indian journalists.

@SrBachchan leads, but celebs with political content incl @ReallySwara @anuragkashyap72 high outliers, while those who avoid political topics like @akshaykumar @iHrithik relatively weaker among press

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Lastly a list of journalists with relatively fewer followers than star journalists, but with very significant following within the journalist community.

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@ShekharGupta @sardesairajdeep @BDUTT @svaradarajan @free_thinker corrected scale