Buzz Report: Gaddafi’s death

Libya’s former leader Muammar Gaddafi was announced dead following an attack in Sirte. SocialEyez researched user reactions in the MENA region across all social media platforms. All analyzed reactions were captured after the death was confirmed by the NTC.

SocialEyez captured approximately 2800 comments, this total represents the buzz volume generated by users in a span of 3 – 4 hours after NTC confirmation. Over 43% of the total coverage was on Micro-blogs, mainly Twitter. At 3:41pm Al Jazeera English tweeted: “Sources tell Al Jazeera that Muammar #Gaddafi has been captured and is “critically injured” http://aje.me/jMZYMN #Libya #moammar.”

During the first half hour mixed opinions were posted on social media:
“#gadafi has been killed .. congratulations #arab world”
“the man is dead stop making joke about him”
“i’m already sick of the gaddafi news coverage. in the past 15 minutes i saw the picture of his dead body 5 times and its still disturbing”
“end of an era for #libya: muammar #gaddafi is killed in #sirte”
“with all my respect to everyone: gaddafi being snuffed is a reason to celebrate. i will celebrate the death of each and every bloodsucker”

Users from Egypt generated the highest buzz volume (46%). Interestingly users in Libya contributed to only 1% of the total coverage. 61% of the buzz was in English the remaining 39% was in Arabic.

SocialEyez is currently preparing an extensive study on the reactions posted by users from the MENA region. This study will be released shortly.

Source SocialEyez