One Man Show: TV and Russian Internet Observation Diary of Russian Presidential Elections 2018

Abstract

Three weeks before the 2018 Russian Presidential elections, Fedor Nesterov, media manager, analyst, and journalist compiled a journal focusing on the pre-election race on local electronic media, TV, and the Internet. Most of these media are controlled in direct or hidden ways by the government, and they present candidates in a biased manner, giving preference to one particular candidate. This diary offers insights from a journalist on how public opinion is shaped in Russia by mass media.