The Caucasus Research Resource Center (CRRC Georgia) in partnership with the Social Justice Center and with the support of the European Union, published the following research report “The Spread of Anti-Western Narratives by the Government on Facebook – Social Media Analysis”.
Mariam Kobaladze, a Senior Researcher at CRRC Georgia, presented the research report.
The report examined anti-Western narratives and their spread on Facebook over the course of a year, from June, 2022 to June, 2023. At the first stage of the research, the speeches and written statements made by government officials and members of Parliament were analyzed over the course of that year. As a result, narratives containing anti-Western sentiment were determined and key words were selected. A total of 6,280 Facebook posts were identified through keywords, of which 2,243 posts were considered relevant. The latter was thoroughly analyzed.
The full report (in Georgian) is available here.
Photos retrieved from the Social Justice Center’s Facebook page.
