"AZG" DAILY ONE OF THE MOST READ AND TRUSTWORTHY NEWSPAPERS OF ARMENIA
By Armen Manvelian
AZG Armenian Daily
01/02/2008
Local
Baltic Surveys Ltd./The Gallup organization has studied what sources
of information the population uses. According to it, the main source of
political information remains TV. All the questioned (100 percent) use
this source of information. The second source of political information
is mentioned as newspapers (46 percent). According to the survey in
December it was 41 percent, and in November - 37 percent.
9 percent growth of last months is conditioned by pre-election period
and big public interest of the processes.
As a next source of information relatives and friends are mentioned
- 42 percent, which means that gossips continue to enjoy widespread
popularity in our country. Then comes radio - 40 percent.
The list of the most read newspapers is the following - first comes
"Iravunk" weekly - 15 percent, the second place share "Azg" and
"Aravot" daily newspapers, then comes "Haykakan jamanak" daily -
8 percent. "Erkir" weekly and "Hayots ashkharh daily newspapers have
7 percent each, etc.
To the question "Whom do you trust in?" the following answers were
given - "Iravunk" weekly - 8 percent, "Aravot" daily - 6 percent and
"Azg" daily - 5 percent. The other newspapers have low rating of
trustworthiness. 43 percent of the questioned don't trust in any
newspaper.
So, we can conclude that in Armenian press "Azg" daily, in spite
of available competition, continues to hold front line and work for
its readership.
By Armen Manvelian
AZG Armenian Daily
01/02/2008
Local
Baltic Surveys Ltd./The Gallup organization has studied what sources
of information the population uses. According to it, the main source of
political information remains TV. All the questioned (100 percent) use
this source of information. The second source of political information
is mentioned as newspapers (46 percent). According to the survey in
December it was 41 percent, and in November - 37 percent.
9 percent growth of last months is conditioned by pre-election period
and big public interest of the processes.
As a next source of information relatives and friends are mentioned
- 42 percent, which means that gossips continue to enjoy widespread
popularity in our country. Then comes radio - 40 percent.
The list of the most read newspapers is the following - first comes
"Iravunk" weekly - 15 percent, the second place share "Azg" and
"Aravot" daily newspapers, then comes "Haykakan jamanak" daily -
8 percent. "Erkir" weekly and "Hayots ashkharh daily newspapers have
7 percent each, etc.
To the question "Whom do you trust in?" the following answers were
given - "Iravunk" weekly - 8 percent, "Aravot" daily - 6 percent and
"Azg" daily - 5 percent. The other newspapers have low rating of
trustworthiness. 43 percent of the questioned don't trust in any
newspaper.
So, we can conclude that in Armenian press "Azg" daily, in spite
of available competition, continues to hold front line and work for
its readership.