Alexander Iskandaryan: Armenian society creates problems for itselfJune 2, 2009 - 22:31 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - "I believe we're very passive as a society and as journalists. Just look at the number of materials published by Armenian media. I mean not their own materials, but those published in Azeri or Turkish media," Eurointegration Social Organization Chairman, Karen Bekaryan told a news conference. According to him, Armenian journalists always miss out on important factor: information streams or "information wars" play crucial role in international relations. "We don't even realize that we are willingly or, perhaps, on our own initiatives, contributing to the interests of the opposite party," stated Bekaryan, citing the incident when the road map agreement was published in Sabah Turkish newspaper. "Someone reprinted the material and the public was wondering whether the information is reliable. Yet, we'd never undertake such a step towards Turkish society. Still, we're forgetting that we're at informational and psychological war." Alexander Iskandaryan , Caucasus Institute Director begged to disagree, stating that the problem lies in the state the society is in. "Armenian society is currently in a state where it could turn any event into a problem. Afterwards, articles start to appear in the media, saying that we've once again "sold" the Krabakh. This reflects the state of society but not the state of journalists. Journalists are just allowing themselves to be run by the society," Armenian politologist stated. Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says. Partner news | Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. |