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SEVERAL PROGRAMS MAKE ARTAK DAVTYAN NERVOUS
http://www.aravot.am/en/2012/10/17/120943/
October 17, 2012 17:02
Covering violence, brutality, information that has a negative impact
on upbringing by mass media has been discussed and criticized many
times. The issues related to this problem have become so topical that
the National Assembly will attempt to solve them, since the National
Assembly standing committee on science, education, culture, youth
and sports made a decision today to hold parliamentary hearings in
November to discuss the issue of radio and TV programs having negative
impact on citizens. At the suggestion of the committee chairman,
after the hearings, a legislative proposal will be prepared and
put into circulation based on the standards devised by the National
Commission on TV and Radio. www.aravot.am tried to get more details
during a conversation with Mr. Davtyan inquiring whether there had been
complaints of citizens about concrete programs and what was expected
during the hearings. A. Davtyan explained, "The committee decided today
to hold hearings on violence, brutality, phenomena having negative
impact on upbringing in mass media and their coverage not only on TV
and radio programs, but also all types of mass media. It is intended
that we will invite representatives of mass media to the hearings too,
in order to understand what the situation is like today.
One of the issues will be that we see, for example, in electronic
mass media that articles containing brutality, violence and similar
articles are among the top news for many days. Is it a normal
phenomenon or not? If no, what can we do to more or less normalize
the field? Generally, the field is open for discussions. It is still
in question whom we will invite to the hearings."
In response to our observation whether the situation in this respect
had become so tense that they wanted to solve the issue at the
National Assembly level or they attempted to prevent the situation
from becoming more tense, A. Davtyan said the following, "One of
the initiators of the proposal is Margarit Yesayan who raised that
issue and also expressed her concern. Therefore, we decided to take
the path of hearings. As for what motives and concerns there are,
let us be patient, let us hold those hearings in mid-November and
follow what conclusion we will draw."
At the end of the conversation, we inquired of Mr. Davtyan whether
the MP had a favorite program in the Armenian information field and
what program made him nervous. He avoided giving any concrete answer
about the Armenian programs; he just noted that there were several
programs that made him nervous. Then he confided to us that among
his favorite programs were the programs of Discovery and National
Geographic Channels.
Tatev HARUTYUNYAN
http://www.aravot.am/en/2012/10/17/120943/
October 17, 2012 17:02
Covering violence, brutality, information that has a negative impact
on upbringing by mass media has been discussed and criticized many
times. The issues related to this problem have become so topical that
the National Assembly will attempt to solve them, since the National
Assembly standing committee on science, education, culture, youth
and sports made a decision today to hold parliamentary hearings in
November to discuss the issue of radio and TV programs having negative
impact on citizens. At the suggestion of the committee chairman,
after the hearings, a legislative proposal will be prepared and
put into circulation based on the standards devised by the National
Commission on TV and Radio. www.aravot.am tried to get more details
during a conversation with Mr. Davtyan inquiring whether there had been
complaints of citizens about concrete programs and what was expected
during the hearings. A. Davtyan explained, "The committee decided today
to hold hearings on violence, brutality, phenomena having negative
impact on upbringing in mass media and their coverage not only on TV
and radio programs, but also all types of mass media. It is intended
that we will invite representatives of mass media to the hearings too,
in order to understand what the situation is like today.
One of the issues will be that we see, for example, in electronic
mass media that articles containing brutality, violence and similar
articles are among the top news for many days. Is it a normal
phenomenon or not? If no, what can we do to more or less normalize
the field? Generally, the field is open for discussions. It is still
in question whom we will invite to the hearings."
In response to our observation whether the situation in this respect
had become so tense that they wanted to solve the issue at the
National Assembly level or they attempted to prevent the situation
from becoming more tense, A. Davtyan said the following, "One of
the initiators of the proposal is Margarit Yesayan who raised that
issue and also expressed her concern. Therefore, we decided to take
the path of hearings. As for what motives and concerns there are,
let us be patient, let us hold those hearings in mid-November and
follow what conclusion we will draw."
At the end of the conversation, we inquired of Mr. Davtyan whether
the MP had a favorite program in the Armenian information field and
what program made him nervous. He avoided giving any concrete answer
about the Armenian programs; he just noted that there were several
programs that made him nervous. Then he confided to us that among
his favorite programs were the programs of Discovery and National
Geographic Channels.
Tatev HARUTYUNYAN