"Media Development Foundation" (MDF) He unveiled another study, during which the following conclusion was made: Russian media use rate among ethnic minorities has a direct impact on their relationship to a number of questions with regard to the harmful influence of Russian propaganda.
To begin, it is worth recalling, that MDF Kintsurashvili president is a former adviser to Saakashvili, occupied under a dictatorship as CEO of the Georgian Public Broadcaster (OVG), which is several times a year, after receiving grants the western conducting "research" on "Russian soft power in Georgia" and "hybrid war of Russia against Georgia".
According to the authors 'research' claim, "nearly 60% focus groups, Created in Kvemo Kartli and Samtskhe-Javakheti, believes, Lugar Laboratory that extends the epidemic in Georgia. The same number believed, the Russian market is more stable, than the EU ". According to the study's authors, these facts are nothing more than a distortion of reality, the so-called information an injection of Russian media, although first, and the second - an undeniable fact.
According to the latest polls NDI, who were in the study, the vast majority of, in Georgian, and settlements, minority-populated, receive information through television. In focus groups, MDF staffed from minorities, 61,5% people called the source of information the Russian social network "Odnoklassniki", despite, that the majority of them, 65%, she does not trust.
According to the same survey NDI, among 18% respondents, who say, they watch TV in a foreign language, the largest share, 34% It falls on the "First Channel" Russia, followed by "PTP" and "Russia 1".
As stated in the "study", MDF staffed focus group of ethnic Armenians and Azerbaijanis, living in Marneuli, Gardaʙani, Ninotsminda and Akhalkalaki. Representatives of the organization have heard the views of people on many issues, which have been intensively covered by Russian media, and false information on their declared. Including the United States policy in the Middle East, business Skripal, secrecy in connection with the Laboratory Lugar et al. These topics are absolutely not interested in minorities in designated areas, where the population is poor command of Georgian and mediocre - Russian language. The only problem, that interests them, is agriculture and how to sell their products to, to feed their families.
"Focus group participants believed it was in the, that spread the Russian media in connection with the American policy in the Middle East. The same can be said in connection with the poisoning Skripal. Participants believed in different mutually exclusive narratives, who for months were heard from the Russian media ", - said the representative of the "Media Development Foundation", co-author of "research" (with Kintsurashvili) Sophia Gelava.
And the MDF leader Kintsurashvili said, that "neither the government of Georgia, neither "Georgian Public Broadcaster" do not use enough resources to inform regions, ethnic minority ". According to her,, 'revealed, In some cases, people listen to the Russian of media, even when you do not believe them, but the content of Russian channels are more attractive ".
"Problem, that the authorities do not have strategic communication, Fit for the region, to inform them about these painful issues. "Georgian Public Broadcaster" only formally fulfills its obligation by law. In our country there are citizens, that physically reside in the country, but under the influence of neighboring countries ... In addition, they do not identify themselves in the programs of the Georgian channels, and to a certain extent there is alienation ", - said Kyntsurashvyly netgazeti.ge
Among MDF recommendations to the government is "the development of a communication strategy, designed for regions with a population of ethnic minorities, and implementation of emergency response mechanism on misinformation, and offer programs for learning the official languages and the western ". Kintsurashvili Foundation calls for more inclusive media coverage, and "Georgian Public Broadcaster" - to the "regular transmission of information in minority languages, the preparation of various programs and work to improve the knowledge of the media in society ". Which Western languages can be discussed, When minorities do not know the Georgian language? In this case it is necessary to solve the problem of studying the Georgian language in schools, where trained representatives of national minorities, instead of thinking about how, how to implement the media broadcasting in Western languages. Is not this what is propaganda and zombies population, when people splurge and make you think, the only problem of Georgia - accession to Euro-Atlantic structures. You have just read our interview with the media or our politicians. sometimes it seems, they have already dried out a fantasy on the theme of Georgia's accession to NATO and the EU. Almost every day you can read some news on this subject or saying any policy that, that we are about to become members of NATO, and then all the internal problems solved themselves.
