Results of Second Stage of Facebook Monitoring

Tbilisi. From July 1 on for four months, the expert group of the "Institute for the Development of Freedom of Information” (IDFI) and the "Center for Post-Soviet Studies” (CPSS) has monitored the official Facebook pages of the 19 public institutions of Georgia, 10 political entities and 6 media outlets. The study covers the situation in the social networks from July 1 until October 16.The study aims to identify the degree of effective communication among the citizens and governmental agencies, political parties and media outlets on the social networking pages. The study focuses on the role of the social network Facebook in the communication of citizens with the state institutions, political parties and media outlets, how effectively can one get familiar with the activities through the social networks; how effectively is the communication established through Facebook; to what extent are the citizens of Georgia ready to get involved in the process of political planning, discussion and decision-making, and how diverse are the applications and services offered by the state institutions, political parties and media outlets to the citizens for them to express their ideas.The primary results of the study were released in September and they included the monitoring results for the pre-election period (July-August), while the present study summarizes the monitoring results as for the period before the parliamentary election, as well as for the polling day itself and after the announcement of the election results.
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