Research Article

Exploring Links between Online Activism and Real-World Events: A Case Study of the #FeesMustFall

Table 3

The most prolific #FeesMustFall tweeters.

UsernameAvg. Sentiment scoreNo. of hashtags (#)No. of favouritesNo. of URLsNo. of retweetsNumber of tweets

Camaren Peter−0.0763,81748815,36224215,403
EduFunder0.0513,6651464,1113197,018
Wake up SA!!015,6841,0132,2151,0252,318
Jou Ma Se Party−0.09533562,294702,258
#Africa−0.097,3554262,2211002,193
Jacaranda news−0.013,3882,0357127,1852,063
EWN reporter−0.042,2066,53296928,9741,739
The daily VOX−0.021,5613,5231,09612,0341,053
POWER987News01,2971,3712986,6221,041
ANN7−0.012,5901,1143664,171949