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YPC MONITORING DATA: IN THE PERIOD BETWEEN JANUARY 21 AND 30, THE ATTENTION OF BROADCAST MEDIA TOWARDS THE ARMENIAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES WAS "MORE EVEN"
Mediamax
February 6, 2008
Yerevan /Mediamax/. President of the Yerevan Press Club (YPC) Boris
Navasardian presented in Yerevan today the interim report of the
monitoring of pre-election campaign coverage by Armenian broadcast
media in the period between January 21 and 30.
The monitoring covers 8 broadcast media: Public TV of Armenia, "ALM",
"Armenia", "Second Armenian TV-Channel", "Yerkir-Media", "Kentron",
"Shant" and the Public Radio of Armenia.
"In the period between January 21 and 30, the distribution of the
attention of broadcast media towards the Armenian presidential
candidates was more even, than during the previous stage of the
monitoring", Boris Navasardian stated.
He noted that the "huge gap" as to the frequency of mentioning among
the researched candidates, fixed a few months ago, was not registered
after the official start of the pre-election campaign.
According to the data of the monitoring, as to the total quantity of
the broadcast time, the Prime Minister Serzh Sarkisian is leading on
the Public TV of Armenia, the "Second Armenian TV-Channel" and the
Public Radio of Armenia. Vahan Hovhannissian is leading on "Armenia"
"Shant" and "Yerkir-Media" TV-channels, and Tigran Karapetian - on
"ALM", whose volume of coverage over 1,5 times exceeds the time,
established by "ALM" for the remaining candidates.
On "Kentron" TV-Channel, attention was mostly paid to the Ex-President
of Armenia Levon Ter-Petrosian, although with the "minus sign".
"The basic problem of the coverage of the present election campaign
remains the diametrically opposite character of coverage of two
candidates - Serzh Sarkisian and Levon Ter-Petrosian, rather than
the distribution of the attention of the broadcast media among the
candidates", Boris Navasardian stated.
The YPC President expressed discontent in connection with the low
level of interest of the candidates towards the discussion programs,
accounting this for the fact that "certain politics are not ready
for a public dialogue".
Mediamax
February 6, 2008
Yerevan /Mediamax/. President of the Yerevan Press Club (YPC) Boris
Navasardian presented in Yerevan today the interim report of the
monitoring of pre-election campaign coverage by Armenian broadcast
media in the period between January 21 and 30.
The monitoring covers 8 broadcast media: Public TV of Armenia, "ALM",
"Armenia", "Second Armenian TV-Channel", "Yerkir-Media", "Kentron",
"Shant" and the Public Radio of Armenia.
"In the period between January 21 and 30, the distribution of the
attention of broadcast media towards the Armenian presidential
candidates was more even, than during the previous stage of the
monitoring", Boris Navasardian stated.
He noted that the "huge gap" as to the frequency of mentioning among
the researched candidates, fixed a few months ago, was not registered
after the official start of the pre-election campaign.
According to the data of the monitoring, as to the total quantity of
the broadcast time, the Prime Minister Serzh Sarkisian is leading on
the Public TV of Armenia, the "Second Armenian TV-Channel" and the
Public Radio of Armenia. Vahan Hovhannissian is leading on "Armenia"
"Shant" and "Yerkir-Media" TV-channels, and Tigran Karapetian - on
"ALM", whose volume of coverage over 1,5 times exceeds the time,
established by "ALM" for the remaining candidates.
On "Kentron" TV-Channel, attention was mostly paid to the Ex-President
of Armenia Levon Ter-Petrosian, although with the "minus sign".
"The basic problem of the coverage of the present election campaign
remains the diametrically opposite character of coverage of two
candidates - Serzh Sarkisian and Levon Ter-Petrosian, rather than
the distribution of the attention of the broadcast media among the
candidates", Boris Navasardian stated.
The YPC President expressed discontent in connection with the low
level of interest of the candidates towards the discussion programs,
accounting this for the fact that "certain politics are not ready
for a public dialogue".