{"id":26722,"date":"2013-03-15T15:32:10","date_gmt":"2013-03-15T14:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/?p=26722"},"modified":"2013-03-15T15:32:10","modified_gmt":"2013-03-15T15:32:10","slug":"pope-francis-on-twitter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/blog\/pope-francis-on-twitter\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope Francis on Twitter"},"content":{"rendered":"

Though it seems there are very few things that manage to take Twitter by surprise, this week the new pope did just that.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

On Wednesday evening, Jorge Mario Bergoglio<\/strong> was revealed as the new pope and it\u2019s fair to say Twitter didn\u2019t see it coming. Not one of the bookies\u2019 favourites, Bergoglio managed just a handful of pope-related mentions during the conclave before the white smoke was seen.<\/p>\n

Then, just after 7pm, Bergoglio trended worldwide along with his chosen name \u2018Francis\u2019. Using Cision Social Media we can see how the announcement took Twitter by surprise.<\/p>\n

\"Pope<\/a>So what was Twitter talking about? With the choice out of the people\u2019s hands, conversation before the announcement was focused on the favourites: <\/span>Angelo<\/b> <\/span>Scola<\/b>, Italian Cardinal and Archbishop of Milan; <\/span>Peter<\/b> <\/span>Turkson<\/b>, Ghanaian cardinal and president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace; <\/span>Odilo<\/b> <\/span>Scherer<\/b>, Brazilian cardinal and Archbishop of S\u00e3o Paulo.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Discussion<\/a>
As this shows, the discussion about the three reaches a peak between 6-7pm, just before the white smoke. After the Bergoglio announcement, the conversation dies down as sharply as it peaked, and the three favourites are forgotten.<\/p>\n

In a world where everything is on the internet and privacy is just a distant memory, 115 Cardinals managed to elect the leader for a group of 1.2bn Catholics without Twitter getting there first. That’s impressive.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The graphs and data came via\u00a0Cision Social Media<\/span><\/a> from CisionPoint<\/span><\/a>. \u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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