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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">RUDN Journal of Studies in Literature and Journalism</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">RUDN Journal of Studies in Literature and Journalism</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Вестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: Литературоведение. Журналистика</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2312-9220</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2312-9247</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">25464</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22363/2312-9220-2020-25-4-797-807</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>JOURNALISM</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>Журналистика</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">Georgian media consumption trends</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Тренды медиапотребления в Грузии</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Kurmanova</surname><given-names>Danara B.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Курманова</surname><given-names>Данара Бауржановна</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>PhD student of the Department of Theory and History of Journalism of the Faculty of Philology</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>аспирант кафедры теории и истории журналистики филологического факультета</p></bio><email>danarakurmanova@bk.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Zarifian</surname><given-names>Mohsen</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Зарифиан</surname><given-names>Мохсен</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>master student of the Department of Journalism of the Faculty of Philology</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>магистрант кафедры массовых коммуникаций филологического факультета</p></bio><email>mohsen.zarifian@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Peoples Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University)</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Российский университет дружбы народов</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2020-12-15" publication-format="electronic"><day>15</day><month>12</month><year>2020</year></pub-date><volume>25</volume><issue>4</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en">VOL 25, NO4 (2020)</issue-title><issue-title xml:lang="ru">ТОМ 25, №4 (2020)</issue-title><fpage>797</fpage><lpage>807</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2021-01-13"><day>13</day><month>01</month><year>2021</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2020, Kurmanova D.B., Zarifian M.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2020, Курманова Д.Б., Зарифиан М.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2020</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Kurmanova D.B., Zarifian M.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Курманова Д.Б., Зарифиан М.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.rudn.ru/literary-criticism/article/view/25464">https://journals.rudn.ru/literary-criticism/article/view/25464</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>Article analyzes the media market of Georgia, particularly, the main preferences of the audience in the field of traditional and new media. The review is relevant, since the National Statistics Agency of Georgia has not yet conducted extensive research in the field of media. There are some separated reports and ratings, however, they are conducted by international funds. Thus, they do not study the media market in Georgia systematically, so these reports are partial and inferior. Purpose of the study was to identify the main changes in the field of media consumption in Georgia in the following categories: print, television, radio and new media. The transformation of the media environment served as the main hypothesis of the study. The coronavirus pandemic has accelerated the digitalization of Georgian media, exacerbating the crisis in the print sector and making Internet sites more attractive for large holdings and independent authors in the face of an economic downturn in the media market and optimization. To identify the data, the methods of content analysis, observation and sociological survey were used. Particular attention is paid to the trends that have emerged in the media market in Georgia since the beginning of the pandemic - the main dynamic changes in the Georgian segment of Facebook, the development of the cartoon genre and the preferences of users of social networks. The study covered a number of factors affecting media consumption in Georgia: the age of information consumers, their geographic and social position, national mentality, and the level of religiosity. The results of the study demonstrate a high degree of mediatization of religion in Georgia, manifested in the fact that the church has become an opinion leader, determining the point of view of the majority regarding the topic of the coronavirus pandemic. According to the results of the conducted survey, the population of Georgia began to watch TV and radio more often. The level of interest in social networks has also increased - in particular, in blogs, both in Georgian and in Russian.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>В статье проанализировано медиапространство Грузии, прежде всего его тенденции с 2016 по 2020 г.: основные предпочтения и спрос аудитории на традиционные и новые медиа. Актуальность темы обусловлена тем, что Национальное агентство статистики Грузии до сих пор не проводило широких исследований в сфере медиа, отчеты и рейтинги составляются отдельными международными фондами, которые не рассматривают медиарынок в Грузии в целом, в связи с чем эти исследования носят несистемный характер. Таким образом, цель исследования - выявить основные изменения в области медиапотребления Грузии по следующим категориям: печать, телевидение, радио и новые медиа. Пандемия коронавируса ускорила цифровизацию грузинских медиа, усугубив кризис в сфере печати и сделав интернет-площадки более привлекательными для крупных холдингов и независимых авторов в условиях экономического спада на медиарынке и оптимизации. Для выявления данных были использованы методы контент-анализа, наблюдения и социологического опроса. Особое внимание в статье уделено тенденциям, возникшим на медиарынке Грузии с начала пандемии, - основным динамичным изменениям грузинского сегмента Facebook, развитию жанра карикатуры и предпочтениям пользователей социальных сетей. Исследование охватило целый ряд факторов, влияющих на медиапотребление Грузии: возраст потребителей информации, их географическое и социальное положение, национальный менталитет, а также уровень религиозности. Полученные результаты демонстрируют высокую степень медиатизации религии в Грузии, проявляющуюся в том, что церковь стала лидером мнений, определяющим точку зрения большинства относительно темы пандемии коронавируса. Согласно результатам проведенного опроса, население Грузии стало больше смотреть телевизор и чаще слушать радио. Повысился уровень интереса к социальным сетям - в частности, к блогам - как на грузинском, так и на русском языке.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>Georgia</kwd><kwd>media consumption</kwd><kwd>media space</kwd><kwd>television</kwd><kwd>blogging</kwd><kwd>social networks</kwd><kwd>coronavirus</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>Грузия</kwd><kwd>медиапотребление</kwd><kwd>медиапространство</kwd><kwd>телевидение</kwd><kwd>блогинг</kwd><kwd>социальные сети</kwd><kwd>коронавирус</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group/></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="en">Alvarenga, D.D. (2019). Osobennosti mediapotrebleniya v Brazilii (k 50-letiyu Grupo De Mídia SP) [Media consumption in Brazil (to the 50th anniversary of “Grupo de Mídia SP”)]. 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