Timing of the party television broadcast (First, Rossiya, NTV, TVC and Ren-TV) October 9 – 15, 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 October 9 to 15, in the news broadcasts on federal TV channels, five parliamentary parties were provided with 25 minutes 31 seconds of airtime, which is two times less than it was at the last minute (Table 1).
Table 1
The structure of the final party news broadcast, October 9-15
The consignment |
Air duration, sec |
% |
Duration of synchronous (direct speech) party members, sec |
% |
|
CPRF |
449 |
29.3 |
195 |
29.2 |
|
“United Russia” |
929 |
60.7 |
408 |
61.1 |
|
“Fair Russia” |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0.0 |
|
LDPR |
153 |
10.0 |
65 |
9.7 |
|
“New people” |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0.0 |
|
United Russia received 15 minutes and 29 seconds of airtime in newscasts, which accounted for 61% of the total airtime. The Liberal Democratic Party got 10%, A Just Russia and New People were not mentioned.
The Communist Party of the Russian Federation was given 7 minutes 29 seconds of air or 29%, which is two times less than the “party of power” (Gr. 1).
Chart 1
The structure of the final party news broadcast, October 9-15
As for the synchro (direct speech) of the party members, its structure is comparable: United Russia was given 61% of the news synchro. The Liberal Democrats received 10% of the airwaves, the New People and the Socialist-Revolutionaries did not respond.
The Communists got 3 minutes 15 seconds of air time or 29% of the synchronism, which is two times less than the “United Russia” (Group 2).
Chart 2
The structure of the outcome of the news party synchro, October 9 – 15
During 2022, the structure of the news party TV air was changing in the Soviet way (Group 3):
Chart 3
Dynamics of news party air, 2022
In this way, in the period from 9 to 15 October compared with a significant catalysts for the share of the Communist Party (from 9 to 29%) and the Liberal Democratic Party (from 7 to 10%). There are broadcast shares of “United Russia” (from 68 to 61%), “Fair Russia” (from 10 to 0%) and “New People” (from 6 to 0%).
table 2
Party news broadcast dynamics, September-October 2022 (in %)
The consignment |
11-17 Sep |
eighteen-24 sep |
25 Sep-1 Oct |
2 – 8 Oct |
Oct 9-15 |
CPRF |
9.2 |
20.3 |
7.7 |
9.4 |
29.3 |
“United Russia” |
67.1 |
70.1 |
59.8 |
68.1 |
60.7 |
“Fair Russia” |
7.9 |
2.2 |
12.3 |
10.2 |
0.0 |
LDPR |
8.1 |
5.8 |
11.6 |
6.6 |
10.0 |
“New people” |
7.7 |
1.6 |
8.5 |
5.6 |
0.0 |
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 |
October 9 |
Negative to A. Pugacheva (Ren) |
one |
|
|
|
|
|
Military operations in Ukraine |
|
one |
|
|
|
October 10 |
Gumconvoy of the Communist Party in the Donbass |
one |
|
|
|
|
October 11-13 |
Training and support of mobilized |
|
one |
|
|
|
October 12 |
EP humanitarian aid to medical institutions of Donbass |
|
one |
|
|
|
October 13 |
Six months since the death of V. Zhirinovsky |
|
|
|
one |
|
October 14 |
All Russia helps Donbass |
|
one |
|
|
|
|
Help for lonely people |
|
|
|
one |
|
Total |
|
2 |
four |
0 |
2 |
0 |
Thus, in the period from October 9 to 15, the main topic of the broadcast was the support and training of the mobilized.
In total, “United Russia” was mentioned in connection with visible informational reasons, the Communist Party of the Russian Federation and the Liberal Democratic Party with two different ones, “New People” and “SR” did not meet.
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” |
eight |
“Fair Russia” |
7 |
“New people” |
5 |
CPRF |
2 |
LDPR |
0 |
Total number of messages |
12 |
Thus, in the period from 9 to 15 October 2022 on “Russia 24” there were 12 stories with mentions of manifestations, while there were 11 reports on significance (see Appendix 1).
met only “United Russia” (8 plots). “Fair Russia” was represented in seven seven, “New People” in five, the Communist Party of the Russian Federation in two. LDPR was not mentioned.
Special operation in Ukraine
Consider how the activities of parliamentary parties have been going on since the beginning of the Special Operations in Ukraine (February 24, 2022) (Gr. 4)
Chart 4
The structure of the final party news broadcast, February 24 – October 15
In total, for the period from February 24 to October 15, the total political broadcast amounted to 27 hours and 3 minutes of airtime. At the same time, 55% of the air was received by United Russia, 22% 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 – 15 October
The consignment |
central channels |
Russia 24 |
CPRF |
315 |
199 |
“United Russia” |
993 |
568 |
“Fair Russia” |
198 |
226 |
LDPR |
294 |
249 |
“New people” |
144 |
200 |
Total number of messages |
1249 |
1022 |
In this way, on central channels United Russia was mentioned most frequently (in 993 stories). According to the second most famous place of the Communist Party (315 stories). LDPR was mentioned in 294 stories, Just Russia in 198 stories, New People party in 144 stories.
On the channel “Russia 24” ratio is different. meets in total also mentions “ER” (568 times), the second place belongs to the Liberal Democratic Party (249 stories), the third place is occupied by “Fair Russia” (226 stories), the Communist Party of the Russian Federation is in fourth place (199 messages) and the last place is “New people” ( 200 stories).
conclusions
- Between 9 and 15 October general news congress of party television drop in half compared to incredible rarity. Political parties received less than half an hour of airtime.
- The main theme of the broadcast is mobilization.
- “Party of Power” preserves heredity on television, while its share fell from 68 to 61% on the total level of the air and remained at 61% in sync. “United Russia” was mentioned in connection with visible informational reasons.
- The Communist Party of the Russian Federation moved from third to second place in the world in the general broadcast and remained in second place in synchronism. At the same time, the share Communists rose from 9 to 29% in general broadcast and from 12 to 29% in direct speech.
- Communist Party mentioned in connection with the negative about A. Pugacheva on Ren-TV and the sending of a humanitarian convoy to the Donbass. The Gumconvoy in Donbass took place in six stories: it appeared three times on Pervy and Rossiya, all reports were in a neutral-positive tone.
- The share of the Liberal Democratic Party has risen several people. The Liberal Democrats have moved from fourth to a third of the universe in general airtime and synchronously, while the party’s share has increased from 7 to 10% in general airtime and from 8 to 10% in synchronism. The Liberal Democrats were mentioned in connection with the six months since the death of V. Zhirinovsky and the likelihood of helping lonely people.
- “Fair Russia” and “New people” were not mentioned on television during the period from 9 to 15 October.
- Regarding the mention of parties on the channel “Russia 24”, then most often the ER TV channel (eight stories). “Fair Russia” was mentioned seven times, “New People” five times, the Communist Party of Europe, the Liberal Democratic Party was not mentioned.
- 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 (22%) 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 October 9 to October 15, the total volume of Ether decreased. The Communist Party of the Russian Federation was at risk and moved to second place in the general broadcast. At the same time, the Communist Party of the Russian Federation received two times less air than “ER”, while the significance of the gap was eight times. Two of the five central federal TV channels send humanitarian aid to the Donbass widely and quite effectively, which was the reason for the growth of the Communist Ether.
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”