Timing of the party television broadcast (First, Rossiya, NTV, TVC and Ren-TV) September 25 – October 1, 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.
During the period from September 25 to October 1, in the news broadcasts on federal TV channels, the five-parliamentary parties were provided with 51 minutes 58 seconds of air time, which is one and a half times less than it was on the clock (Table 1).
Table 1
The structure of the final party news broadcast, September 25 – October 1
The consignment |
Air duration, sec |
% |
Duration of synchronous (direct speech) party members, sec |
% |
|
“United Russia” |
1866 |
59.8 |
1054 |
55.9 |
|
“Fair Russia” |
384 |
12.3 |
236 |
12.5 |
|
LDPR |
363 |
11.6 |
263 |
14.0 |
|
“New people” |
264 |
8.5 |
153 |
8.1 |
|
CPRF |
241 |
7.7 |
178 |
9.4 |
|
United Russia received 31 minutes 6 seconds of air time in news releases, which showed 60% of the total airtime. The Liberal Democratic Party and A Just Russia got 12% each, New People got 8% of the airtime.
The Communist Party of the Russian Federation was given 4 minutes 1 second of air or 8%, which is eight times less than the “party of power” and one and a half times less than the “SR” and the Liberal Democratic Party (Gr. 1).
Chart 1
The structure of the final party news broadcast, September 25 – October 1
As for the synchro (direct speech) of party members, its structure is comparable: United Russia was given 56% of the news synchro. The Liberal Democrats received 14% of the airwaves, the Right Russians 13%, the New People 8%.
The Communists got 2 minutes 58 seconds of air time or 9% of the time, which is six times less than United Russia, one and a half times less than the Liberal Democratic Party and a third less than the Socialist-Revolutionaries (Gr. 2).
Chart 2
The structure of the final news party synchro, September 25 – October 1
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 September 25 to October 1, compared with a significant falling share of the Communist Party (from 20 to 8%) and United Russia (from 70 to 60%). In the event of an aggravation, the air shares of A Just Russia (from 2 to 12%), the Liberal Democratic Party (from 6 to 12%) and New People (from 2 to 8%).
table 2
Party news broadcast dynamics, August-October 2022 (in %)
The consignment |
27 Aug-3 Sep |
4-10 Sep |
11-17 Sep |
eighteen-24 sep |
25 Sep-1 Oct |
CPRF |
23.5 |
41.6 |
9.2 |
20.3 |
7.7 |
“United Russia” |
76.5 |
57.4 |
67.1 |
70.1 |
59.8 |
“Fair Russia” |
0 |
0.4 |
7.9 |
2.2 |
12.3 |
LDPR |
0 |
0.4 |
8.1 |
5.8 |
11.6 |
“New people” |
0 |
0.2 |
7.7 |
1.6 |
8.5 |
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 25 |
Referendum in Ukraine |
|
one |
|
|
|
September 25-30 |
Mobilization |
one |
one |
|
one |
one |
September 26 |
EP presidium meeting |
|
one |
|
|
|
September 27 |
Support for mobilized |
one |
one |
one |
one |
one |
September 28 |
Results of the referendum in Ukraine |
one |
one |
one |
|
|
|
Draft budget |
one |
one |
one |
one |
one |
September 29 |
N. Valuev is going to the draft board |
|
one |
|
|
|
September 30th |
Adoption in the Russian Federation of new economic |
|
one |
one |
one |
|
October 1 |
Day of sick people |
|
one |
|
|
|
Total |
|
four |
9 |
four |
four |
3 |
Thus, in the period from September 25 to October 1, referendums on the situation and mobilization became the topics of the broadcast.
In total, “United Russia” was mentioned in connection with 9 newsbreaks, the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, the Liberal Democratic Party and “SR” with visible ones, “New People” with obviousness.
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” |
fourteen |
“Fair Russia” |
13 |
LDPR |
12 |
CPRF |
9 |
“New people” |
eight |
Total number of messages |
24 |
Thus, in the period from September 25 to October 1, 2022 on “Russia 24” there were 24 stories with mentions of indictment, while there were 51 messages on a significant person (see Appendix 1).
gathered all mentioned “United Russia” (14 stories). A Just Russia was featured in 13 stories, LDPR in 12 stories, Communist Party of the Russian Federation in 9 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 party news broadcast, February 24 – October 1
In total, for the period from February 24 to October 1, the total political broadcast amounted to 25 hours 39 minutes of air time. At the same time, 54% of the air was received by United Russia, 23% by the Liberal Democratic Party, 13% by the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, 6% 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 – 1 October
The consignment |
central channels |
Russia 24 |
CPRF |
295 |
194 |
“United Russia” |
939 |
553 |
“Fair Russia” |
185 |
213 |
LDPR |
281 |
245 |
“New people” |
134 |
189 |
Total number of messages |
1185 |
999 |
In this way, on central channels United Russia was mentioned most frequently (in 939 stories). According to the second most famous place of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (295 stories). LDPR was mentioned in 281 stories, Just Russia in 185 stories, New People party in 134 stories.
On the channel “Russia 24” ratio is different. “ER” is also mentioned in total (553 times), the second place belongs to the Liberal Democratic Party (245 stories), the third place is occupied by “Fair Russia” (213 stories), the Communist Party of the Russian Federation is in fourth place (194 messages) and the last place is “New People” ( 189 stories).
conclusions
- Between September 25th and October 1st general news congress of party television decreased by one and a half times compared to the extreme rarity. Political parties received 51 minutes of airtime.
- The leading topics, as well as a significant share, were the referendum on joining Russia in the LDNR, the mobilization and calculation of the draft budget.
- “Party of Power” preserves heredity on television, while its share decreased: from 70 to 60% in the general broadcast and from 72 to 56% simultaneously. “United Russia” was mentioned in connection with the vaccine newsworthy.
- The Communist Party moved from second to fourth place on the air and in sync. At the same time, the share Communists fell from 20 to 8% in general broadcast and from 12 to 9% in direct speech.
- The Communist Party was mentioned in connection with the mobilization and measures to support the mobilized, the accession of events to the Russian Federation and the discussion of the budget.
- The share of the Liberal Democratic Party has grown. The Liberal Democrats moved into third place in the overall airwaves and moved from third to second in Japan in the sync, with the party’s share increasing from 6% to 12% in the overall airwaves and from 9% to 14% in the sync.
- Share of A Just Russia increased from 2 to 12% in general broadcast and from 4 to 13% in sync.
- The consignment “New people” remained in last place in Australia. The share of the revolution increased from 2 to 12% in the general broadcast and from 3 to 13% simultaneously.
- Regarding the mention of parties on the channel “Russia 24”, then most often on the ER TV channel (14 stories). “Fair Russia” was mentioned 13 times, LDPR 12, Communist Party of the Russian Federation 9 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 (54%) and the Liberal Democratic Party (23%) received the largest share of the air. The Communist Party got 13%, “Fair Russia” 6%, “NL” 4% of the air.
- Thus, in the period from September 25 to October 1, the total political broadcast decreased by one and a half times, and the Communist Party of the Russian Federation was thrown back from second to fourth in the US. The Communist Party received eight times less air than ER.
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”