The main source of information for current news and events for residents of Armenia is television, followed by the Internet, then radio and newspapers.<\/p>\n
The Caucasus Research Resource Centers (CRRC), within the framework of a Eurasia Partnership Foundation program, presented its findings on a poll of opinions and preferences of Armenian residents regarding news agencies conducted this year.<\/p>\n
The poll, comprised of 90 questions, was conducted in 1,400 households around the country.<\/p>\n
Researchers found that though 90% of those polled follow the news on television, 14% of them don’t trust the television at all, while 8% completely trusted national TV channels and 10% completely trusted local TV channels.<\/p>\n
Seven percent of respondents say they follow news online, 7% of which said they don’t trust websites at all and 7% said they fully trusted sites.<\/p>\n
Asked how much they agree with the view that news agencies cover events objectively, 13% of respondents said they fully trusted information reported by online news agencies; 8%, television; 7%, newspapers; and 7%, radio.<\/p>\n
When asked why reporting is not objective respondents said the reason was an attachment to a political entity (an overwhelming 63%), censorship (8%), and an attachment to business circles (6%), while 11% said they didn’t know the reason.<\/p>\n
Asked how much Armenian news agencies are independent of control from the government and\/or the business sector, respondents said largely independent are social networking sights (12%), online news reports (10%); national TV channels (6%); and national newspapers, local TV channels and national radio stations (5% each).<\/p>\n
Within the context of the same question, 29% of respondents considered national TV channels not independent at all; 21%, national newspapers; and 10%, online news reports and social networking sites.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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