GMMP 2015 TRAINING MODULE

A guide to the Twitter monitoring materials

Section 1: The story

AN INTERNATIONAL INITIATIVE…

Because media monitoring is taking place in over 100 different countries across the globe, it is critical that all participants have a uniform understanding

of the way the monitoring materials should be applied. Please use this presentation as a means of

familiarising yourself with the materials and becoming comfortable with their application.

STARTING OFF

To begin coding you will need:

o A pencil (not pen)

o An erasero The Tweet

that is being analyzed

o A Twitter coding sheet

GUIDELINESA copy of the tweet for this tutorial is in the slide. Read it and then respond to the questions on the subsequent slides.

After each question, the correct answer will be shown and an explanation will be given. The transcript will remain in the right hand pane for the duration of the quiz. Good luck!

In the top right-hand corner of the Coding Sheet, enter:your monitor code your country codethe Media nameTwitter handle

BASIC INFORMATION

QUESTION 1Is this tweet:

1 An original Tweet

2 A retweet*

*Only retweets from the same media house can be coded. Do not

code retweets from other news providers

QUESTION 2What is the topic of this story? 8. Economic policies, strategies, modules, indicators, stock markets, etc

11. Women’s participation in economic processes

10. Poverty, housing, social welfare, aid, etc.

This story is about terrorism, Code 47 - War, civil war, terrorism, state-based

violence …

47. War, civil war, terrorism, state-based violence