Year: 2025
Authors: Eteri Gagunashvili, Researcher; Salome Dolidze, Researcher; Tinatin Bandzeladze, Researcher
The study explores whether fear-based messages about European Union integration influence public attitudes in Georgia, focusing on narratives about threats to family values and youth migration. Its purpose is to assess whether such fear appeals, with or without corrective information, shape perceptions of these risks and affect support for EU membership.
The research used a nationwide telephone survey with a randomized experimental design, where participants were assigned to fear-only, fear-plus-correction, or control groups. Attitudes were measured using four-point scales, and group differences were analyzed using one-way ANOVA.
The blog was prepared within the project “Countering Anti-Democratic Propaganda Through Engagement,” implemented by CRRC-Georgia with the support of the Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA).
