Civil Network OPORA conducted a large-scale sociological study "Democracy, Rights and Freedoms of Citizens and Media Consumption in Conditions of War" in July 2022.
The telephone survey was conducted among respondents older than 18 years old residing in the Government controlled territories before February, 23, 2022 (i.e. the sampling does not include residents from the AR Crimea, Sevastopol city, and certain districts of Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts, controlled by Ukraine before February, 24, 2022 but it includes the residents of territories occupied by russia after February, 24, 2022). Residents of Ukraine who moved abroad after February, 24, 2022, have not been surveyed, either. During the telephone survey, we studied opinions and attitudes of adult Ukrainian citizens (18+) about democracy, citizen rights and freedoms, structure, and practices of mediaconsumption. During the telephone survey, we studied opinions and attitudes of adult Ukrainian citizens (18+) about democracy, citizen rights and freedoms, structure, and practices of mediaconsumption
During the dairy survey, we studied opinions of adult residents of Ukraine aged 18-60. Key survey phases: developing survey tools, development of the sample, conducting interviews with respondents and having respondents take an online media diary for a week (7 days), quality control for the work done, data input and verification for any logical mistakes, preparing a final data set, tables of univariate distributions and the analytical report. Results of the diary survey are rather quality data and show not the statistical indicators but the interpretations about the modern trends of media consumption.
Ukrainians consider the rights and interests of citizens to be important, but at the same time they prefer a strong state and do not see timely and democratic elections as a priority after the suspension of martial law. However, since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of the russian federation, media consumption habits among Ukrainians have changed significantly: the majority get their news from online sources, in particular, social networks and messengers.
The survey is made possible by the support of the American people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The opinions in this report do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID and the United States Government.