This survey was commissioned by the Media Development Foundation (MDF) to the Georgian Institutional Development Center (GIDC) within the framework of the project “Research on Needs and Information Sources of Muslim Youth Community.” The project is supported by Hedayah – International Centre of Excellence for Countering Violent Extremism. The survey was conducted among youth aged between 16 and 29 in Kvemo Kartli, Upper Adjara and the Pankisi Gorge. It was carried out in April-May 2017 and covered 1,206 respondents who were surveyed through face-to-face interviews.
This report is organized in the following way: the overview of a survey methodology is followed by Part I reflecting social and demographic data of respondents; Part II – dedicated to media and various types of communication as well as respondents’ attitudes towards media coverage; Part III – stereotypes; Part IV – religion; Part V – political and civil integration; Part VI – attitudes towards foreign policy issues. The project is implemented by the MDF with the financial assistance from the European Union.