Thread by @joyopal

We mapped Indian journalists' online footprint to study influence of commentators on Twitter

1. TV and digital journalists do better than print

2. @thewire_in does well

3. TV anchors consistently on top

Details and methodlogy:
joyojeet.people.si.umich.edu/indian-journal…

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Specifically, @RanaAyyub @khanumarfa @fayedsouza @abhisar_sharma get overall highest engagement, but less followed accounts including @vinodjose @someshjha7 @nit_set @arvindgunasekar @sharmasupriya @milindkhandekar consistently influential/talked about journalists

Twitter universe in India has a high engagement bias towards English-language journalists, who get much more engaged than local language journalists.

Twitter works well for commentators who nail the short form. Both @TheDeshBhakt and @dhruv_rathee more engaged on news topics than almost all mainstream journalists.

The most prolific tweeter among Indian journalists was @rohini_sgh who tweeted and engaged in conversation with people on Twitter almost twice as much as any other journalist on this list.

Full table of findings here:
joyojeet.people.si.umich.edu/indian-journal…

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@ashutosh83B and @RajatSharmaLive have the highest engagement with politicians in their tweets. @ShekharGupta @svaradarajan @waglenikhil @paranjoygt use the most links to news in their engagements - typically links to reports from their respective organizations