#fairpayinhe by the numbers

I wanted to see how the strike actions are doing in terms of online Twitter activity. The data comes from all #fairpayinhe tweets from 6th – 10th February (which covers a one day and two hour strike). 2436 tweets make up the graph below:

And here is some basic statistics on what is in the tweets:

Top URLs in Tweet in Entire Graph	Entire Graph Count
http://www.unison.org.uk/news/higher-education-members-strike-for-fair-pay	68
http://fairpay.web.ucu.org.uk/2014/02/07/he-two-hour-strike-10-february-2014/	37
http://union-news.co.uk/2014/02/dock-us-days-pay-two-hour-strike-well-strike-day/	26
http://fairpay.web.ucu.org.uk/2014/02/04/a-new-briefing-on-the-he-dispute-for-students/#.Uvih0KYFG7A.twitter	22
http://fairpay.web.ucu.org.uk/2014/02/04/a-new-briefing-on-the-he-dispute-for-students/#.UviW3Yg9oCp.twitter	22
http://storify.com/ucu/what-is-a-university	19
http://fairpay.web.ucu.org.uk/2014/02/04/a-new-briefing-on-the-he-dispute-for-students/#.UviUC2ic1Mk.twitter	18
http://storify.com/counterfireorg/he-strike-6-feb-fairpayinhe?utm_content=storify-pingback&utm_source=direct-sfy.co&utm_medium=sfy.co-twitter&utm_campaign=&awesm=sfy.co_gbVm	18
http://fairpay.web.ucu.org.uk/2014/02/05/live-6-february-he-strike-action/	17
http://www.fairpayinhe.org.uk/whos-signed/	17

 

Top Hashtags in Tweet in Entire Graph	Entire Graph Count
fairpayinHE	1811
fairpayinhe	208
tubestrike	146
ucu	101
UCU	97
FairPayinHE	70
FairPayInHE	61
solidarity	52
Unite	51
EIS	43

 

Top Words in Tweet in Entire Graph	Entire Graph Count
rt	1860
fairpayinhe	1717
ucu	1042
strike	865
pay	439
today	322
picket	265
students	261
solidarity	246
more	244

 

Top @ Mentioned in Entire Graph	Entire Graph Count
ucu	727
unisoninhe	154
unisontweets	147
[Anonymized for privacy] A writer	138
unitetheunion	85
ucuscotland	69
[Anonymized for privacy] A lecturer	43
[Anonymized for privacy] A socialist feminist	38
ucummoss	38
leedsucu	37

 

Top Hashtags in Tweet in Entire Graph	Entire Graph Count
fairpayinHE	1811
fairpayinhe	208
tubestrike	146
ucu	101
UCU	97
FairPayinHE	70
FairPayInHE	61
solidarity	52
Unite	51
EIS	43