Timing of the party television broadcast (First, Rossiya, NTV, TVC and Ren-TV) September 18 – 24, 2022
Employees daily calculate the duration of coverage of the activities of five parliamentary parties (KPRF, United Russia, Just Russia, LDPR and New People) in news programs of five federal TV channels (First, Rossiya, NTV, TVC and Ren) . -TV), keep timing of the synchronous (direct speech) of the representatives of this party, and also take into account their representation in some of the observed television programs. The air of the TV channel “Russia-24” does not occur during the calculation.
For the period from 18 to 24 in the news broadcasts on five federal TV channels, the five parliamentary parties were provided with 1 hour 12 minutes 43 seconds of air time in September, which is three minutes less than it was for several weeks (Table 1).
Table 1
The structure of the final news party broadcast, September 18 – 24
The consignment |
Air duration, sec |
% |
Duration of synchronous (direct speech) party members, sec |
% |
|
“United Russia” |
3059 |
70.1 |
1501 |
72.1 |
|
CPRF |
884 |
20.3 |
251 |
12.1 |
|
LDPR |
253 |
5.8 |
190 |
9.1 |
|
“Fair Russia” |
96 |
2.2 |
82 |
3.9 |
|
“New people” |
71 |
1.6 |
57 |
2.7 |
|
United Russia received 50 minutes and 59 seconds of airtime in news releases, which accounted for 70% of the total airtime. The Liberal Democratic Party got 6%, A Just Russia and New People each got 2% of the airtime.
The Communist Party of the Russian Federation was given 14 minutes 44 seconds of air or 20%, which is three times less than the “party of power” (Gr. 1).
Chart 1
The structure of the final news party broadcast, September 18 – 24
As for the synchro (direct speech) of the party members, its structure is comparable: United Russia was given 72% of the news synchro. The Liberal Democrats received 9% of the airwaves, Right-wing Russia 4%, New People 3%.
The Communists got 4 minutes 11 seconds of air time or 12% of the synchronism, which is six times less than the “United Russia” (Group 2).
Chart 2
The structure of the final news party synchro, September 18 – 24
During 2022, the structure of the news party TV air was changing in the Soviet way (Group 3):
Graph 3
Dynamics of news party air, 2022
In this way, in the period from 18 to 24 September compared with a significant catalysts for the share of the Communist Party (from 9 to 20%) and United Russia (from 67 to 70%). There are broadcast shares of A Just Russia (from 8 to 2%), LDPR (from 8 to 6%) and New People (from 8 to 2%).
table 2
Party news broadcast dynamics, August-September 2022 (in %)
The consignment |
21-27 aug |
27 Aug-3 Sep |
4-10 Sep |
11-17 Sep |
eighteen-24 sep |
CPRF |
25.3 |
23.5 |
41.6 |
9.2 |
20.3 |
“United Russia” |
34.8 |
76.5 |
57.4 |
67.1 |
70.1 |
“Fair Russia” |
22.4 |
0 |
0.4 |
7.9 |
2.2 |
LDPR |
15.0 |
0 |
0.4 |
8.1 |
5.8 |
“New people” |
2.4 |
0 |
0.2 |
7.7 |
1.6 |
Let’s assume that one of the parties in the historical period was mentioned in connection with some newsworthy events (Table 3).
Table 3
List of topics reflected in Ireland by the activities of parliamentary parties
the date |
Newsbreaks |
KP |
EP |
SR |
LD |
NL |
September 18 |
Shanghai Organization Summit |
|
one |
|
|
|
|
Single voting day |
|
one |
|
|
|
September 19 |
55th anniversary of A. Karelin |
|
one |
|
|
|
September 20 |
Sentence to A. Samsonov |
one |
|
|
|
|
September 20-21 |
Referenda on entry into the Russian Federation in Ukraine |
one |
one |
|
one |
|
September 21, 24 |
Humanitarian aid in LDNR |
|
one |
|
|
|
September 21-24 |
Partial mobilization |
one |
one |
one |
one |
one |
23 September |
Four deputies from “ER” filed documents with departure to Donbass |
|
one |
|
|
|
|
Referendum and rally in his support |
one |
one |
one |
one |
one |
Total |
|
four |
eight |
2 |
3 |
2 |
Thus, in the period from 18 to 24 September, the referendum on Ukraine and partial mobilization became important topics on the air.
In total, “United Russia” was noted in connection with 8 newsbreaks, the Communist Party of the Russian Federation with visibility, the Liberal Democratic Party with perception, “SR” and “New People” with two external ones.
Mentions about the parties on the channel “Russia 24”
Employees of the CIPCR and the Observation Sector of the Department for Dangerous Electoral Districts of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation analyzed the frequency of mentioning four parliamentary parties in the messages of the Rossiya 24 TV channel (Table 4).
Table 4
The number of stories with references to parliamentary parties on the Russia 24 channel
The consignment |
Russia 24 |
“United Russia” |
36 |
“Fair Russia” |
fourteen |
LDPR |
12 |
CPRF |
ten |
“New people” |
eight |
Total number of messages |
51 |
Thus, in the period from 18 to 24 September 2022 on “Russia 24” 51 stories with references to feelings, as well as on the spot (see Appendix 1).
gathered all mentioned “United Russia” (36 stories). A Just Russia was featured in 14 stories, LDPR in 12 stories, Communist Party of the Russian Federation in 10 stories, and New People in 8 stories.
Special operation in Ukraine
Consider how the activities of parliamentary parties have been going on since the beginning of the Special Operation in Ukraine (February 24, 2022) (Gr. 4)
Chart 4
The structure of the final news party broadcast, February 24 – September 24
In total, for the period from February 24 to September 24, the total political broadcast amounted to 24 hours and 43 minutes of air time. At the same time, 55% of the air was received by United Russia, 23% by the Liberal Democratic Party, 13% by the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, 5% by A Just Russia and 4% by New People. Communist Party ranked third worldwide on television.
If we consider the story that aired in the same period on five central TV channels and the Russia 24 channel, the “party of power” has a noticeable advantage here (Table 5).
Table 5
Number of stories mentioning parliamentary parties, 24 February – 24 September
The consignment |
central channels |
Russia 24 |
CPRF |
285 |
185 |
“United Russia” |
894 |
539 |
“Fair Russia” |
169 |
200 |
LDPR |
269 |
233 |
“New people” |
124 |
181 |
Total number of messages |
1135 |
975 |
In this way, on central channels United Russia was mentioned most often (in 894 stories). According to the second most famous place of the Communist Party (285 stories). The Liberal Democratic Party was mentioned in 269 stories, A Just Russia in 169 stories, and the New People party in 124 stories.
On the channel “Russia 24” ratio is different. “ER” is also mentioned in total (539 times), the second place belongs to the Liberal Democratic Party (23 stories), the third place is occupied by “Fair Russia” (200 stories), the Communist Party of the Russian Federation is in fourth place (185 messages) and the last place is “New People” ( 181 stories).
conclusions
- In the period from 18 to 24 September general news congress of party television virtually unchanged from the incredible land. Political parties received 1 hour 12 minutes of airtime.
- The leading topics were the holding of a referendum on joining Russia in the LDNR and a decree on partial mobilization, in connection with which all parties were mentioned.
- “Party of Power” preserves heredity on television, while its share increased even more: from 67 to 70% in the general broadcast and from 50 to 72% simultaneously. “United Russia” was mentioned in connection with eight newsbreaks.
- The Communist Party remained in second place in Australia on the air and in sync. At the same time, the share Communists rose from 9 to 20% in general broadcast and decreased from 14 to 12% in direct speech.
- In addition to two important informational reasons, the Communist Party was mentioned in connection with the negative attitude towards the communists of A. Samsonov, which became a sharply negative informational occasion for the party.
- The share of the Liberal Democratic Party has decreased several times. The Liberal Democrats came in third in Australia, with their share falling from 8% to 6% in total airtime and rising from 13% to 9% in sync.
- Share of A Just Russia decreased from 8 to 2% in total airtime and from 12 to 4% simultaneously.
- The consignment “New people” takes place in Poland. The share of the party has increased from 8 to 2% in total broadcast and from 11 to 3% simultaneously.
- “Socialist-Revolutionaries” and “New People” were mentioned only in connection with general newsworthy events.
- Regarding the mention of parties on the channel “Russia 24”, then most often on the ER TV channel (36 stories). “Fair Russia” was mentioned 14 times, LDPR 12, Communist Party of the Russian Federation 10 and New People 8 times.
- If we consider the entire news party political air since the start of the special operation in Ukraine, then in the period from February 24, United Russia (55%) and the Liberal Democratic Party (23%) received the largest share of the air. The Communist Party got 13%, “Fair Russia” 5%, “NL” 4% of the air.
- Thus, in the period from September 18 to September 24, all parliamentary factions are mentioned in connection with special informational occasions: referendums on joining the Russian Federation in Ukraine and news about mobilization. At the same time, the activity of “ER” was the most active (and with a large number of informational reasons). The Communist Party of the Russian Federation, which took second place in Australia, received three times less airplay than ER. In addition, one of the newsbreaks became sharply negative for the party.
Researcher:
A. A. Gavalova, head. sector of political monitoring of the Central Committee of the Communist Party.
Methodology – A.N. Vasiltsova
Rep. for graduation – S.P. Obukhov, Doctors of Science
Materials of the “Medialogy” system were used for content analysis
Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation for limited fence blocks
Center for Russian Political Culture Studies
Attachment 1
Mentions about the detentions of parties on the TV channel “Russia 24”