Case study. “DIRTY BOMB” – WORLDWIDE FAKE: how was it reflected by the Moldovan media?
The subject of the "dirty bomb", which Russia has claimed Ukraine possesses and intends to use it to launch an anti-Russian campaign, was quickly denied by the international community. It branded the accusations as false and without factual support. However, the main...
WatchDog.MD community presented the results of a sociological survey
On February 3, the opinion poll, conducted by the Center for Sociological Research and Marketing "CBS-Research" and ordered by the Community for Advocacy and Public Policy "WatchDog.MD", was made public. The survey includes multiple questions that focus on the impact...
Survey: Evolution in perceptions of COVID-19 pandemic misinformation and population’s political preferences
Survey: Evolution in perceptions of COVID-19 pandemic misinformation and population’s political preferences The survey was conducted to measure the evolution in perception of misinformation among adult population in the Republic of Moldova. In particular, the degree...
Socio-political trends and disinformation impact during the pandemic
The results of the survey conducted by WatchDog.MD show a strong impact of both the pandemic and the infodemic on political preferences and on the trust degree in conspiracy theories. The “WatchDog.MD” Community, in cooperation with CBS Research, conducted a national...
Irregularity analysis on Moldova parliamentary elections. February 24th, 2019. (Final Part)
The study was developed as part of the project “Watchdog.MD: Whistle-blowers in Energy and Public Policies in Moldova”, implemented with the financial support of the European Endowment for Democracy (EED). The content does not necessarily represent the...
Irregularities in the area districts (Part V)
We’ll continue to consider irregularities of Moldova 2019 election. Bow we’ll turn to the constituencies in the rural area. We’ll begin our study from several general notes and then we’ll define what object will be the study case. The key problem is...
Gerrymandering
Finally, in order to discern irregularities at the level of districts and single-member constituencies (SMC), we shall analyze two fundamental questions of this transition, i.e. (1) connection between distribution of votes on party lists and for candidates...
Irregularity analysis on Moldova parliamentary elections. February 24th, 2019. PART III
Strangely different constituencies. When we start to consider nine constituencies of Chișinău it becomes clear that DPM and Șor party again don’t match the statistic as DPM results differ drastically in different constituencies while other properties of...
Irregularity analysis on Moldova parliamentary elections. February 24th, 2019. PART II
The study was developed as part of the project “Watchdog.MD: Whistle-blowers in Energy and Public Policies in Moldova”, implemented with the financial support of the European Endowment for Democracy (EED). The content does not necessarily represent the...