The pace of electoral campaigns and political positions in addition to the involvement of parties, activists and political leaders in preparing for the electoral battle has increased with the approach of the elections after a relative calm in the past few months.

This was highlighted by the study of monitoring the coverage of television stations of the upcoming parliamentary elections for the month of February, which is being carried out by Maharat Foundation in partnership with UNESCO. This monitoring report covers the fourth month in a row as it shows political and media indicators related to the electoral process by keeping pace with television stations.

The monitoring process extended to include the media coverage of the electoral matter and the media appearance of political actors in the various news and political dialogue programs of the Lebanese TV channels from ten in the morning until midnight throughout the month of February.

The following seven stations were monitored: OTV, MTV, LBCI, ALMANAR, NBN, ALJADEED, Tele Liban.

This monitoring allows keeping up with what these stations broadcast about the upcoming parliamentary elections during their political programs and news bulletins, identifying the people (politicians, activists and actors) who appear on screens, the duration of their appearance on the screen, the prevailing general rhetorical tone, the position of women in the media space, and the issues of electoral education and others concerns that accompanies the media discourse.

To check the report:

Electoral Campaigns Started on TV