Perceptions of the Population of the Republic of Moldova - Soros ...

Perceptions of the Population of the Republic of Moldova on Discrimination: Sociological Study 62Chart 47. Share of respondents who watch more frequently the following TV channels for informationalpurposes, %544529208 7 742 3Prime TVMoldova1PRO TVNITTV7(NTV)Jurnal TV2 plusSTS(CTC)Eu TVN4The share of people who watch more often Prime TV for informational purposes is bigger in rural areas(56%), among women (56%), persons older than 35 years (59%), persons with a low (56%) and middle levelof education, persons with Russian (68%), Gagauz (80%), Bulgarian (95%) and Ukrainian ethnicity (81%).The share of persons who watch more often Moldova 1 for informational purposes is bigger in ruralareas (57%), among persons older than 50 years (60%), respondents with a low (53%) or middle level ofeducation (50%).The share of persons who watch more often Pro TV for informational purposes is bigger in urban areas(37%), among persons of 18-34 years (40%), persons with a high level of education (38%),Moldovans/Romanians (46%).The share of respondents who watch more often NIT for informational purposes is bigger amongpeople of Russian (40%), Gagauz (38%), Bulgarian (36%) and Ukrainian ethnicity (38%).The share of persons who watch more often TV 7 for informational purposes is bigger among peoplefrom urban areas (11%), with higher and graduate education (11%) and persons of Russian ethnicity (19%).Respondents' perception about the attitude of mass-media towards thediscriminated groups of peopleDuring the survey we tried to determine how respondents perceive the attitude of mass-mediatowards the discriminated groups of people. Following the analysis of data and estimation of the DominantPersonal Opinion Index (DPOI10), we can conclude that in general most of the persons who have contactswith mass-media (written press, radio, TV) at least once a week have the opinion that mass- media reflectsthe issues related to discriminated groups of people in a neutral and equidistant manner. Thus, the Chartbellow reveals that, according to the respondents' perception, mass-media has a quite positive attitudetowards young people, men, women, elderly, persons with disabilities. The attitude towards Roma, gaysand lesbians, HIV-positive persons, former detainees is perceived as less positive than towards the groups10The Dominant Personal Opinion Index (DPOI) was calculated using the formula (p-n)x(100-ne):100, where p is thefrequency of positive opinions, n – frequency of negative opinions, ne – frequency of neutral opinions. The indexranges on a scale from -100 to 100. The closer to 100 the index is, the more equidistant and less discriminatory the