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VOTE 2013: BROADCAST MEDIA MONITORING REVEALS BULK OF PRE-ELECTION COVERAGE TIME 'SQUANDERED' ON NON-PARTICIPATING FORCES
By Gohar Abrahamyan
ArmeniaNow
Vote 2013 | 16.01.13 | 15:04
The latest monitoring of Armenian broadcast media shows that coverage
related to the upcoming presidential election has largely been
influenced by the belated political statements of the main expected
participants and has mainly reflected the uncertainty existing in
the political situation.
At a Wednesday meeting with reporters Yerevan Press Club president
Boris Navasardyan presented the report on the first stage of the media
monitoring related to the February 18 presidential vote. He said that
the eight nominated and eventually registered candidates attracted 40
percent of the attention of media in their election-related coverage.
"Because of the political uncertainty 60 percent of broadcast media
attention was somewhere wasted on the politicians and forces that
ultimately have no obvious or clear role in the current presidential
election," said Navasardyan, referring primarily to the Prosperous
Armenia Party, the Armenian Revolutionary Federation and the Armenian
National Congress, which eventually failed to field a presidential
candidate or endorse anyone participating in the race.
The YPC has conducted the monitoring with financial assistance from the
European Union as part of the Support to the Two Stages of Elections
in Armenia program. It consists of two phases. The first phase covered
the period from October 1 to December 15, while the second one will
relate to the official campaign period - January 21- February 16.
A group consisting of several YPC employees is monitoring nine
broadcast media - six television stations with nationwide coverage
(Armenia Public TV, Armenia TV, Yerkir Media, Kentron, Armenian Second
Channel, Shant), one news-oriented channel ArmNews that broadcasts
for Yerevan, as well as two radio stations - Public Radio and Armradio.
"We have registered that the media in question have not discriminated
among candidates or political forces. We will be in touch with the
campaign headquarters of all eighth registered candidates to hear
their complaints and compare them with the reality," said Navasardyan.
The YPC president added that for the period when the monitoring
was conducted the most frequently mentioned names of politicians,
in descending order, were: incumbent President Serzh Sargsyan,
Prosperous Armenia Party leader Gagik Tsarukyan, Heritage Party
leader Raffi Hovannisian, Armenian National Congress leader Levon
Ter-Petrosyan, Prosperous Armenia Party, former minister of foreign
affairs Vartan Oskanian, ex-president Robert Kocharyan, current
presidential candidates Vardan Sedrakyan and Paruyr Hayrikyan.
http://armenianow.com/vote_2013/42590/armenia_presidential_election_media_monitoring
By Gohar Abrahamyan
ArmeniaNow
Vote 2013 | 16.01.13 | 15:04
The latest monitoring of Armenian broadcast media shows that coverage
related to the upcoming presidential election has largely been
influenced by the belated political statements of the main expected
participants and has mainly reflected the uncertainty existing in
the political situation.
At a Wednesday meeting with reporters Yerevan Press Club president
Boris Navasardyan presented the report on the first stage of the media
monitoring related to the February 18 presidential vote. He said that
the eight nominated and eventually registered candidates attracted 40
percent of the attention of media in their election-related coverage.
"Because of the political uncertainty 60 percent of broadcast media
attention was somewhere wasted on the politicians and forces that
ultimately have no obvious or clear role in the current presidential
election," said Navasardyan, referring primarily to the Prosperous
Armenia Party, the Armenian Revolutionary Federation and the Armenian
National Congress, which eventually failed to field a presidential
candidate or endorse anyone participating in the race.
The YPC has conducted the monitoring with financial assistance from the
European Union as part of the Support to the Two Stages of Elections
in Armenia program. It consists of two phases. The first phase covered
the period from October 1 to December 15, while the second one will
relate to the official campaign period - January 21- February 16.
A group consisting of several YPC employees is monitoring nine
broadcast media - six television stations with nationwide coverage
(Armenia Public TV, Armenia TV, Yerkir Media, Kentron, Armenian Second
Channel, Shant), one news-oriented channel ArmNews that broadcasts
for Yerevan, as well as two radio stations - Public Radio and Armradio.
"We have registered that the media in question have not discriminated
among candidates or political forces. We will be in touch with the
campaign headquarters of all eighth registered candidates to hear
their complaints and compare them with the reality," said Navasardyan.
The YPC president added that for the period when the monitoring
was conducted the most frequently mentioned names of politicians,
in descending order, were: incumbent President Serzh Sargsyan,
Prosperous Armenia Party leader Gagik Tsarukyan, Heritage Party
leader Raffi Hovannisian, Armenian National Congress leader Levon
Ter-Petrosyan, Prosperous Armenia Party, former minister of foreign
affairs Vartan Oskanian, ex-president Robert Kocharyan, current
presidential candidates Vardan Sedrakyan and Paruyr Hayrikyan.
http://armenianow.com/vote_2013/42590/armenia_presidential_election_media_monitoring