Election Media Monitoring
Imedi TV has dedicated almost half of its election-related coverage in its main news programs started from April 26 to the incumbent Tbilisi mayor candidate, Gigi Ugulava – more than any other five television stations being under monitoring in frames of project supported by EU Delegation to Georgia and UN Development Programme (UNDP). Imedi TV’s coverage of Ugulava was either positive or neutral.
Follow links below to view details of monitoring results:
Length of coverage time allocated to candidates and coverage tone May 26-June 1 – pdf
Aggregate results for all four weeks on length and tone of coverage April 26-June 1 – pdf
Caucasus Research Resource Center (CRRC) has been monitoring main news bulletins and selected talk shows on three national television stations – public broadcaster’s First Channel; Rustavi 2 TV and Imedi TV and three local Tbilisi stations – Kavkasia TV; Maestro TV and Real TV.
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