October Media Monitoring Study of Ministry of Internal Affairs, Ministry of State Security, Public Prosecutor’s and Court For “Alpe” Foundation October, 2005 Executive Organization: BCG research Financed by EU

October Methodology BCG research conducted monitoring study for five Georgian newspapers: “Alia”, “Akhali Taoba”, “Akhali Taoba Kviridan Kviramde”, “Kviris Palitra” and “24 Hours ”. Totally 446 articles were analyzed and processed. Monitoring Study classified articles according to the following indicators: Number of articles Topic of articles Tone of articles Reasons for a certain tone Journalists

October Evaluation of the tone was defined according to five variations: Very positive Positive Neutral Negative Very negative Evaluation of the tone was defined according to the following criterion: The manner of presenting information Perception of facts Emotional tone that is given in an introduction Emotional tone that is given in a resume

October Neutral Tone: Tone of article is always ranked neutral when: Crime news is presented Informative articles mostly present facts (e.g. Trials; Protest actions towards police, Public Prosecutor’s, Ministry of State Security, Court and etc.) Articles refer to reforms in the above-mentioned structures The opinion of the respondent is not followed by an author’s comments or a resume. Advertisements and press announcements.

October Positive Tone: Positive tone evaluation is based on the following criterion: (Regardless of positive and negative content of an article) 1.When an author presents positive personal opinion on a subject matter. 2.When positive tone is expressed in a concealing form though it can be perceived beyond an article. 3.When the facts are backed up by positive comments. 4.When positive tone is signified in journalist’s questions during an interview.

October Negative Tone: Negative tone evaluation is based on the following criterion: (Regardless of positive and negative content of an article): When an author presents negative personal opinion on a subject matter. When negative tone is expressed in a concealing form though it can be perceived beyond an article. When the facts are backed up by negative comments. When negative tone is signified in journalist’s questions during an interview.

October After having defined the tone of an article, the reasons for an author’s tone are identified. Corruption, human rights violation, abuse of power and others are supposed to be causes for negative tone. On the other hand, honestly executed job, professionalism, uncompromising and others can be the reasons for positive tones.

October Main tendencies of the Month Totally 446 articles were published concerning the survey issues in “Alia”, “Akhali Taoba”, “Akhali Taoba Kviridan Kviramde”, “Kviris Palitra”, “24 Hours” in October; The majority of articles (99%) are of neutral tone. 1% of the articles are of negative tone. The highest number of the articles of negative tone was published in “Alia”(4) and ’24 hours” (1); Totally 5 articles of negative tones were published; No article of positive tone was released in September; Majority of the articles referred to Court of Law (45), Ministry of Internal Affairs (41), Ministry of Justice (27); Number of articles of negative tone referred to Court of Law (6), Penitentiary (2), Ministry of Internal Affairs (2), Advocate (2); In October, the number of articles referring to Court of Law increased, that is caused by judiciary reforms undergoing and the court related problems. The negative tone of the articles referring to the Court of Law could be caused by the above-mentioned reason. In October, the articles of negative tone referring to the Ministry of Justice was not very notable that could be explained by informative and not critical articles released on the monitoring in the penitentiary conducted by NGOs.

October Number of articles by dates MondayTuesdayWednes day Thurs day FridaySatur day Sunday

October The chart signifies the number of articles with neutral, positive and negative tones for each newspapers PositiveNeutralNegativeSum Alia; Akhali Taoba; Akhali Taoba Kviridan Kviramde; 8 8 Kviris Palitra Hours Sum PositiveNeutralNegativeSum Alia; Akhali Taoba; 234 Akhali Taoba Kviridan Kviramde; 2 2 Kviris Palitra Hours Sum

October Percentage of articles on issues concerning Police, Public Prosecutor's, State Security, Court by newspapers High percentage of “Akhali Taoba” is caused by a great deal of small crime news in it.

October Tone of Articles by Newspapers

October Tone of Articles (percentage)

October Tone of Articles by Newspapers (percentage)

October Number of articles by each author in different newspapers in October Alia Akhali Taoba / Akhali Taoba Kviridan Kviramde Kviris Palitra 24 Hours News Agency

October Percentage of articles by each author in different newspapers in October Alia Akhali Taoba / Akhali Taoba Kviridan Kviramde Kviris Palitra 24 Hours News Agency

October 79 articles Number of articles by each author in “Alia” in October

October Number of articles by each author in “Akhali Taoba” in October 236 articles

October 2 articles Number of articles by each author in “Akhali Taoba Kviridan Kviramde” in October

October 5 articles Number of articles by each author in “Kviris Palitra” in October

October Number of articles by each author in “24 hours” in October 126 Articles

October Numbers signify quantity of articles Bellow is given assumptive motives\reasons contributing to neutral and negative tone of articles

October Numbers signify quantity of articles Bellow is given assumptive motives\reasons contributing to negative or positive tone of articles

October How many times a concrete theme contributed to positive or negative tone of articles Numbers signify quantity of articles

October How many times a concrete theme contributed to negative tone of articles in each newspaper with exception of “crime news” and “information”

October Percentage of articles of negative tones by newspapers

October Articles concerning the following structures Data is accumulated from the articles concerning concrete structures. Other articles are informative without any attitudes to a concrete structure.

October Distribution of articles according to structures by newspapers Numbers signify quantity of articles

October Tone of articles in regard to concrete structures Numbers signify quantity of articles

October Bellow is given articles of neutral tone according to themes Bar `Information` signifies articles presenting only facts, announcements, description of events (forthcoming or conducted trials, conclusion of prosecutor on a concrete case, chronological description of a certain law- breaking and others)

October Totally 6614 Quantity of newspapers by months (with the exception of 24 Hours)

October Number and percentage of articles in different newspapers from August 2004 to October 2005 High percentage of “Akhali Taoba” is caused by a great deal of small crime news in it.

October Tone of articles from August 2004 to October 2005 Numbers signify quantity of articles

October Number of Articles in Different Months by Newspapers

October Dynamics of Articles by months

October Dynamics of tone of articles by months

October Dynamics of tones of articles by months (percentage)

October Dynamics of tones of articles by months( whith exeption of “Neutral”)

October Tone of articles concerning to structures from August 2004 to October 2005 Numbers signify quantity of articles

October Tone of articles concerning to structures from August 2004 to October 2005 (with the exception of neutral tone) Numbers signify quantity of articles

October Percentage of articles related to each structures from August 2004 to Octomber 2005

October Number of articles concerning to a certain structure from August 2004 to Octomber 2005

October Number of articles of positive tone concerning to structures

October Number of articles of negative tone concerning to structures

October Number of articles of neutral tone concerning to structures

October Number of articles of neutral toneconcerning to structures