the dalai lama & desmond tutu (part 2 / 2)
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A follow up on our case study 'Is our reputation at stake', about the saga online regarding the Dalai Lama & Desmond Tutu.A great turn around was achieved by these 2 spiritual leaders with their live hangout on Google+.TRANSCRIPT
The Dalai Lama &
Desmond Tutu
The Turn Around?
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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Date: 10th of October 2011
Author: Carla Jones (@CarlaJones1000)
Part 2/2
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.
A quick recap of last week’s events
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On the 4th & 5th of October: South Africans are
in awe about what has happened and express
this online.
Jokes are being made, outrage is being
uttered and questions are being asked.
6th of October: ANC rejects Tutu's apartheid tag
over Dalai Lama visa.
Desmond Tutu and the Dalai Lama turn it around
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7th of October: Desmond Tutu marks his 80th birthday, but without the Dalai Lama.
8 October: A Google+ Hangout with His Holiness the Dalai Lama & Archbishop
Desmond Tutu. This turns the sentiment online around altogether.
Over 21 022 Tweets and status updates.
Over 864 articles on websites.
Over 193 news articles
In 8 days
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6990
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3310
4960
32402150
665
Where? Everywhere!
Where?
This is only taking into consideration the English
posts published so far. No other languages were
included for this case study.
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Twitter’s popularity
From a social media perspective
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675
19686
77104
64
Geographically
Not just a local audience…
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From Canada to Australia
From Jozi to Stellenbosch
From India to Japan
40%
20% 20%
10%
10%
From “In my German Automobile” to “Earth's Natural Satellite”
The reach?
The story spread, to over 762 942 640 people globally
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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The highlights
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The Jokes
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Shared more
than 1800 times.
1 254 000 eyeballs
Shared 100 times. 30 770 eyeballs
Shared only a few times
Celebrities tweeting
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Retweeted 403 times
Combined 1 631 925 eyeballs
Retweeted 75 times
Combined 38 410 eyeballs
Retweeted 79 times
Combined 117 895 eyeballs
Google+
Due to new technologies, The Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu
meet after all.
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Shared over
4871 times
Seen by
26 446 205 eyeballs
And SA learnt a valuable lesson
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This report is high level and based only on the comments & information
that have come in so far.
This is a follow up on our first report, called ‘Is our reputation at stake’
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