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A proportional representation of AV versus the rest of the news
For our latest infographic, Tweetminster has teamed up with Portland to visualise Twitter buzz about the AV referendum by comparing the average tweets per hour of several events:
#Yes2AV and #No2AV tweets on April 27: 232.5 TPH
C4news 19:00 edition on April 27: 129 TPH
Britain’s Got Talent on April 30: 64,836 TPH
BBC Newsnight edition of April 27: 466 TPH
#Libya tweets on April 28: 1,032 TPH
#Syria tweets on April 28: 2,554 TPH
Royal wedding tweets tracked between 8:45-12:45 on April 29: 514,845 TPH
The purpose of the infographic is to show conversations about AV within the context of a range of different events. Unsurprisingly, the royal wedding and global news items, like Libya and Syria, have significantly higher volumes, the data shows though that the AV referendum hasn’t captured the imagination of many beyond the Westminster village.
In fact, more people tweet during an edition of BBC Newsnight than about AV. The Twitter activity of both is significantly smaller than a popular “national event” - the latest episode of Britain’s Got Talent.
On the plus side, AV excites people more than bond curves.
For a hi-res version of the infographic, click on the visual above, or here to download a .pdf
