Lebanon's politicians have been very active on Twitter in 2012 and are expected to be more active in 2013 with the upcoming elections. HMA Tom Fletcher triggered an online discussion on Twitter on Jan 9, 2013 with a tweet: "In context of external influence in Lebanon, does anyone have statistics on number of RTs of foreign leaders by Lebanese leaders?" (source: https://twitter.com/HMATomFletcher/status/288957951304163328) This presentation is the contribution of Think Media Labs to that online discussion. We data mined and analyzed more than one year of Social Media data on Lebanon's politicians and the attached report addresses the question of the retweet activity of Lebanon's politicians involving foreign leaders.

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5. Lebanese Politicians Top 10 Retweeting
during 2012
160
140
@NicolaSehnaoui
120 @antoine_haddad
@EFerzli
100
GEBRAN_BASSIL
ReTweets
80 @SleimanMichel
@mar1_k
60
@MMCharbel
40 @fmakhzoumi
@MisbahAhdab
20
@ZiyadBaroud
0
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
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6. Lebanese Politicians
Lifetime ReTweets
700
600
500
400
300
200
100
0
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7. Lebanese leaders Lifetime Retweets Retweeting(foreign(leaders Date
@euHvR 10#Apr#12
@Najib_Mikati 32
@WilliamJHague 7#Oct#12
@samygemayel 9 @IsraeliPM 26#Sep#11
@EFerzli 301 @BarackObama 31#Aug#12
@NicolaSehnaoui 637 23times3in32012
@antoine_haddad 448 43times3in32012
@ZiyadBaroud 37 @HMATomFletcher 17#Apr#12
@fmakhzoumi 34 1#Sep#12
@Najib_Mikati 32 33times3in320113and333times3in32012
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9. Retweeting'foreign'
Lebanese'leaders Retweet Date
leaders
RT#@euHvR:#Productive#discussions#today#in#Brussels#with#the#Lebanese#Prime#Minister#@Najib_Mikati.#
@Najib_Mikati @euHvR Apr#27,#2012
Remarks#following#the#meeting#http:/#...#Apr#27,#2012
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11. Retweeting'foreign'
Lebanese'leaders Retweet Date
leaders
RT#@WilliamJHague:#Thanks#to#Lebanese#PM#@Najib_Mikati#for#being#1st#PM#to#welcome#@David_Cameron#
@Najib_Mikati @WilliamJHague Oct#07,#2012
to#Twitter#Oct#07,#2012
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13. Retweeting'foreign'
Lebanese'leaders Retweet Date
leaders
RT#@IsraeliPM:#I’m#committed#to#two#states#for#two#peoples:#A##Palestinian#state#alongside#the#Jewish#state.#
@samygemayel @IsraeliPM Sep#26,#2011
Let's#get##back2talks#for#g#...#Sep#26,#2011
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15. Retweeting'foreign'
Lebanese'leaders Retweet Date
leaders
RT#@BarackObama:#If#you#think#women#should#be#trusted#to#make#their#own#health#care#decisions,#you#
@EFerzli @BarackObama Aug#31,#2012
should#retweet#this:#http://t.co/r8FPIg9d#Aug#31,#2012
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17. Retweeting'foreign'
Lebanese'leaders Retweet Date
leaders
RT#@HMATomFletcher:#@RulaAmin#@nadaabdelsamad#@shadaomar#@nicolasehnaoui#@marwanmatni#
@NicolaSehnaoui @HMATomFletcher: Dec#01,#2012
Many#thanks#for#joining#us#last#night,#for#Scots,#...#Dec#01,#2012
@NicolaSehnaoui RT#@HMATomFletcher:#@NicolaSehnaoui#2G1#England,#surely.#Jun#24,#2012 @HMATomFletcher: Jun#24,#2012
RT#@HMATomFletcher:#Clear#@WilliamJHague#message#to#@Najib_Mikati#today:solidarity,#
@Najib_Mikati @HMATomFletcher Jul#27,#2012
#backingstability,&purposeful#engagement.#We'll#...#Jul#27,#2012
RT#@HMATomFletcher:#Best#thing#about#meeting#between#PM#@Najib_Mikati&@WilliamJHague#was#focus#on#
@Najib_Mikati @HMATomFletcher Apr#10,#2012
practical#outcomes.#This#is#relationsh#...#Apr#10,#2012
RT#@HMATomFletcher:#Good#meeting#with#PM#@Najib_Mikati#tonight.#Discussed#importance#of#focused#
@Najib_Mikati @HMATomFletcher Jan#08,#2012
LebanonG1st#reform#agenda,#that#can#draw#...#Jan#08,#2012
RT#@HMATomFletcher:#PM#David#Cameron#tells#@Najib_Mikati#that#his#parents#loved#their#honeymoon#in#
@Najib_Mikati @HMATomFletcher Nov#07,#2011
Beirut#in#the#'60s.#Nov#07,#2011
RT#@HMATomFletcher:#UK#PM#pressed#@Najib_Mikati#on#need#for#Leb#to#meet#international#obligations#on#
@Najib_Mikati @HMATomFletcher Nov#07,#2011
Tribunal.#Agreed#we#must#respect#SC#...#Nov#07,#2011
RT#@HMATomFletcher:#@rimamaktabi#I#hope#that#remains#a#hypothetical.#Right#for#Lebanon#to#fund#STL.#
@Najib_Mikati @HMATomFletcher Nov#06,#2011
Failure#would#help#critics#of#Leb.###...#Nov#06,#2011
RT#@HMATomFletcher:#@antoine_haddad#Thanks#Antoine,#important#step#forward.#Syria#deserves#a#more#
@antoine_haddad @HMATomFletcher: Nov#20,#2012
concerted#effort.#Nov#20,#2012
RT#@HMATomFletcher:#@antoine_haddad#I#think#you're#right#G#it#means#letting#more#people#into#our#
@antoine_haddad @HMATomFletcher: May#29,#2012
conversation#(and#us#into#theirs).#Make#...#May#29,#2012
RT#@HMATomFletcher:#@antoine_haddad#@confusezeus#@aliamoub#@hayekmg##Leb2012#is#about#
@antoine_haddad @HMATomFletcher: Jan#07,#2012
stabilising#the#tunnel,##leb2020#is#about#showing#...#Jan#07,#2012
RT#@HMATomFletcher:#@aliamoub#@antoine_haddad#@confusezeus#That's#why#we#want#to#start#a#
@antoine_haddad @HMATomFletcher: Jan#07,#2012
conversation#about##leb2020#Jan#07,#2012
RT#@HMATomFletcher:#Increasingly#hearing#Twitter#good#for#diplomacy#as#lets#more#people#join#our#
@ZiyadBaroud @HMATomFletcher Apr#17,#2012
discussions.#But#more#important#in#that#...#Apr#17,#2012
RT#@HMATomFletcher:#Can't#be#many#places#in#the#world#more#beautiful#tonight#than#The#Cedars,##Lebanon#
@fmakhzoumi @HMATomFletcher Sep#01,#2012
http://t.co/XXO3fuZY#Sep#01,#2012
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