25,000+ tweets said #iStandwithDeepikaPadukone against Times of India

Times of India Entertainment, the news portal that published a crass cleavage-baring post on their Twitter handle of Deepika Padukone, after seeing the post she expressed her disgust of the quality of news they are sharing on 14th September 2014 through her Twitter profile. The news portal later deleted the tweet, after criticism escalated on Twitter and other social networks against the offensive story. Instead of salvaging the situation and gracefully apologizing they told her it was a “Compliment.”

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And then it is when it began, that Twitter users and industry colleagues lashed against such blatant objectification of women. They started supporting her with the hashtag #IStandWithDeepikaPadukone which was trending on Twitter for quite sometime. Here are some of the findings based on the lovely tool Talkwalker, a perfect tool for social media listening and analysing campaigns.

Overall Results

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TOI posted about the story on 14th September that is when Deepika Padukone noticed and voiced her displeasure about the same. Slowly and steadily her fans & Industry colleagues started gaining awareness of this situation is when they started voicing their opinions on Twitter. As you can see on the graph below conversations around the hashtags #IStandWithDeepikaPadukone peaked since the second half of 14th September and is still creating ripples.

Total Estimated Reach

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Till now the buzz surrounding the hashtag is 20.2K mentions on Twitter alone. As you can see below the graph as awareness is gaining so are the number of tweets! The reach as peaked on 15th September morning, instead of tweeting about the Monday morning blues people are telling off TOI for their improperly conduct and insult to women.

Most engaging users

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Above is the list of users who have been instrumental to break news to their personal network and then creating a domino effect of awareness which are followed by enraged tweets.

Let’s take a look at tweets from her Industry colleagues who are going all out on Twitter and supporting her-

Not only were her industry colleagues watching her back, but her enraged fans are still tweeting in support against this incident. Let’s take a look at some of the tweets:

https://twitter.com/aparnax/status/511093511685275648

https://twitter.com/JasniMohamed/status/511429463758749696

TOI still hasn’t issued any apology or tried to silence the situation, which is only enraging her fans & colleagues even more. This episode has come to show how Social Media in India has become a pathway to increase awareness and a place to vent frustration and anger. It is very important for brands to share content which appeals to their audiences and doesn’t hit a sore spot. It furthermore shows you cannot get away with any sort of information in the name of engagement.

Now we can only wait & watch how TOI tries to regain their trust among their followers and apologizes for this entire situation. Or will India be forgetting about this incident like every other incident? What do you think about this? Share with us your tweet in the comments section below.

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