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AMENOPHOBIA IN GEORGIAN MEDIA - REPORT
news.am
Sept 7 2011
Armenia
Georgian media helps to strengthen existing stereotypes and identifies
its own citizens with the neighboring country due to their different
ethnic and religious origins, rather than with their own state,
says the report by Georgia-based Media Development Foundation.
"The law adopted for the citizens of Georgia - representatives of
various confessions - is discussed by media as a deliberate step
towards other countries mainly benefiting Armenia, and journalists
focus on Armenian interests against the Georgian interest (for example,
"Interests of the Armenian Church are clear, but what interest should
Georgian State have?")," reads the report available on foundation's
website (www.mdfgeorgia.ge).
Moreover, the report mentions that minorities are represented as
secondary citizens. "who can not claim equality, as well as the right
to demand property regardless whether or not the religious building
belongs to their confession".
The report also covers the problem of Armenophobic expressions
in media.
"As for discriminative, Armenophobic and hatred inciting expressions,
authors of such expressions in some cases are journalists themselves.
Sometime media publishes opinions of respondents without informing them
on how such expressions might be perceived by minorities. It should
be mentioned that greater share of Amenophobia comes to print media,
and most stereotypes are mainly related to Armenians," the report says.
news.am
Sept 7 2011
Armenia
Georgian media helps to strengthen existing stereotypes and identifies
its own citizens with the neighboring country due to their different
ethnic and religious origins, rather than with their own state,
says the report by Georgia-based Media Development Foundation.
"The law adopted for the citizens of Georgia - representatives of
various confessions - is discussed by media as a deliberate step
towards other countries mainly benefiting Armenia, and journalists
focus on Armenian interests against the Georgian interest (for example,
"Interests of the Armenian Church are clear, but what interest should
Georgian State have?")," reads the report available on foundation's
website (www.mdfgeorgia.ge).
Moreover, the report mentions that minorities are represented as
secondary citizens. "who can not claim equality, as well as the right
to demand property regardless whether or not the religious building
belongs to their confession".
The report also covers the problem of Armenophobic expressions
in media.
"As for discriminative, Armenophobic and hatred inciting expressions,
authors of such expressions in some cases are journalists themselves.
Sometime media publishes opinions of respondents without informing them
on how such expressions might be perceived by minorities. It should
be mentioned that greater share of Amenophobia comes to print media,
and most stereotypes are mainly related to Armenians," the report says.