Despite Gilas’ series of losses in the FIBA World Cup, netizens have had a “resounding” 97 percent positive reaction, according to a report from Capstone-Intel Corporation
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The Philippines, Japan, and Indonesia will all play host to games at the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023, which will run from August 25 to September 10. Over the course of 16 days, the 32 competing teams will compete in a total of 92 games.
Currently, the country’s national team won only one game after it toppled China with a score of 96-75.
Prior to this win, the national team faced a series of defeats, which challenged its coach, Chot Reyes, to confront the ire of the social media community and questions surrounding his coaching approach.
Some members of the online community called for Reyes to step down from his position as head coach, citing the fact that his “outdated system” holds back talented Filipino players.
Methodology
Capstone-Intel utilized all publicly available social media posts from Facebook users from July 1 to August 30, 2023, to conduct the study. The agency made use of Facebook reactions in order to identify the public pulse concerning the subject matter by counting all posts, shares, reactions, number of comments, and engagement scores.
The scan discovered 4,759 posts for the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 from publicly accessible pages between July 1 and August 30, 2023, with 103,235 comments, 150,557 shares, a reaction count of 1,902,064 and an engagement score of 351,086.9
Reaction analysis
Capstone-Intel’s data revealed that “Facebook Like” was the frequent reaction online, accounting for 63.7 percent of all responses. Facebook Love was the subsequent most common response, garnering 33.7 percent of the total reactions. This suggests that favorable responses predominated, with 97.4 percent of responses falling into the Likes or Loves category.
On the other hand, 4.6 percent of responses were comprised of Facebook laughter (HAHA), but only 2.1 percent were Wow; the more negative responses of Sad and Angry made up extremely modest percentages, totaling up only 1.0 percent and 0.2 percent, respectively of the total responses. This indicates that over the course of the study, social media users were more enthusiastic about the event.
Top posts for the FIBA World Cup
The most engaging Facebook posts on the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup focused on venue preparations, lighting shows, haka performances, roster announcements, and entrance ceremonies. GMA Sports’ post announcing Team USA’s arrival in Manila was the most popular, generating over 14,000 engagements. The Gilas Pilipinas’ final roster reveal, the Araneta Coliseum’s readiness to host, and the Mall of Asia globe transformed into a basketball were among other top stories. Despite Gilas Pilipinas’ failure to advance through group play, social media support for the team was consistently high.
Top sources for FIBA
When it comes to the users’ sources of information regarding the world cup, sports news websites, including ABS-CBN (9,402.7 engagement score), Philstar Sports Hub (2,737.3 engagement score), and Fastbreak (2,025.6 engagement score), topped the roster of sources for the basketball tourney.
Sentiment share
In addition, Capstone-Intel’s data highlighted the favorable reactions for Gilas Pilipinas’ support at 27.8 percent, indicating that there is a lot of support and passion for the squad. At 70.9 percent, however, the majority of the conversation was neutral and probably more informational or observant than emotional.
Following Gilas’ surprising loss, there is 10.3 percent negativity for Gilas vs. Angola, which expresses disappointment and criticism. However, the fact that there was a majority of neutral perspectives shows that unbiased discourse and analysis continued to prevail.
A surprisingly high 24 percent of people were in favor of President Marcos’ support for Gilas, indicating that the public was in favor of his position. According to informative coverage of his endorsement, 76.5 percent of people had a neutral opinion.
The 93.9 percent neutral and 6.1 percent positive sentiments for the general FIBA World Cup debate show that factual updates and enthusiasm for the tournament were more popular.
The 90.5 percent neutral mood for Gilas vs. Mexico displays an objective preview/recap, whereas positive and negative were insignificant. The mixed responses to the team’s performance are indicated by this.
