THE IMPACT OF MEDIA CONSUMPTION ON POLITICAL SENTIMENT AND VOTING INTENTIONS IN GEORGIA’S 2024 PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION

Levan Gurgenidze

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Media outlets had a significant effect on voting intentions for the 2024 Georgian parliamentary election. By analyzing pre-election media consumption patterns and voting intentions, this article aims to assess how effectively pro-government and pro-opposition media encouraged voter turnout in Georgia. This article argues that media consumption influences a voter’s political sentiment in Georgia, which in turn affects voting intentions. A voter’s likelihood of voting is shaped by their outlook on the country’s future.

 

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Georgian politics, political sentiment, media consumption, voting intentions

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.46827/ejpss.v8i1.1881

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