President Serzh Sargsyan tops the list of most frequently cited politicians by local mass media in March
12.04.2011,
18:26
Armenian president Serzh Sargsyan topped the list of most frequently cited politicians by local mass media in 2011 March according to MediaGid, the first Armenian automatic news processing and handling system.
YEREVAN, April 12, /ARKA/. Armenian president Serzh Sargsyan topped the list of most frequently cited politicians by local mass media in 2011 March according to MediaGid, the first Armenian automatic news processing and handling system.
The project was launched last November by All Media closed joint stock company. MediaGid has a special program analyzing news and stories on similar topics, which are divided by categories. News items are provided by Armenian mass media. The main principles of the system is timely reporting, accessibility and impartiality. It was launched on November 30, 2010. The popularity index is formed on the basis of news reports received from partner websites which mention the names of Armenian politicians.
Mediagid coordinator Armen Martirosian told ARKA that the popularity rating revealed that president Serzh Sargsyan was the most frequently cited Armenian political figure by Armenian mass media in 2011 March being quoted a total of 607 times and having topped the list for four months in a row.
The second most popular political figure was Nagorno-Karabakh president Bako Sahakian who pushed prime minister Tigran Sarkisian, who was second in previous popularity ratings, to the third position. The leader of Zharangutyun (Heritage) party Raffi Hovhanesian and foreign minister Edward Nalbandian were among the top five. Defense minister Seyran Ohanian and Yerevan mayor Karen Karapetian, who were among top five most cited figures in previous ratings, failed to get a position in top five.
The popularity rating of Armenian companies and commercial banks was topped by VivaCell-MTS telecommunications (67 citations), it was followed by NASDAQ OMX Armenia stock exchange, ArmenTel telecommunications company, HSBC Bank Armenia and Ameriabank.
The popularity ratings of show business representatives was topped by singers Andre, Emmy, who will represent Armenia at Eurovision song context in Germany, French Armenian singer Charles Aznavour, singers Arame and Aramo. The popularity rating of sportsmen was topped by chess players Levon Aronian, Elina Danielian, national soccer team coach Vardan Minasian, chess player Lilit Mkrtchian and tennis player David Nalbandian.
Political news were most popular, they were viewed 118,000 times, up 72,000 times in February. They were followed by social news, world news, economy and business and technology and communications news.
Mediagid handles now over 1200 pieces of information daily in Armenian Russian and English languages.
MediaGid is run by All Media closed joint stock company founded in 2010 to help implement venture projects. The company’s interests comprise also Internet marketing, Internet advertisement, PR, development and promotion of websites, context ads, auditing of websites and consulting. -0-
The project was launched last November by All Media closed joint stock company. MediaGid has a special program analyzing news and stories on similar topics, which are divided by categories. News items are provided by Armenian mass media. The main principles of the system is timely reporting, accessibility and impartiality. It was launched on November 30, 2010. The popularity index is formed on the basis of news reports received from partner websites which mention the names of Armenian politicians.
Mediagid coordinator Armen Martirosian told ARKA that the popularity rating revealed that president Serzh Sargsyan was the most frequently cited Armenian political figure by Armenian mass media in 2011 March being quoted a total of 607 times and having topped the list for four months in a row.
The second most popular political figure was Nagorno-Karabakh president Bako Sahakian who pushed prime minister Tigran Sarkisian, who was second in previous popularity ratings, to the third position. The leader of Zharangutyun (Heritage) party Raffi Hovhanesian and foreign minister Edward Nalbandian were among the top five. Defense minister Seyran Ohanian and Yerevan mayor Karen Karapetian, who were among top five most cited figures in previous ratings, failed to get a position in top five.
The popularity rating of Armenian companies and commercial banks was topped by VivaCell-MTS telecommunications (67 citations), it was followed by NASDAQ OMX Armenia stock exchange, ArmenTel telecommunications company, HSBC Bank Armenia and Ameriabank.
The popularity ratings of show business representatives was topped by singers Andre, Emmy, who will represent Armenia at Eurovision song context in Germany, French Armenian singer Charles Aznavour, singers Arame and Aramo. The popularity rating of sportsmen was topped by chess players Levon Aronian, Elina Danielian, national soccer team coach Vardan Minasian, chess player Lilit Mkrtchian and tennis player David Nalbandian.
Political news were most popular, they were viewed 118,000 times, up 72,000 times in February. They were followed by social news, world news, economy and business and technology and communications news.
Mediagid handles now over 1200 pieces of information daily in Armenian Russian and English languages.
MediaGid is run by All Media closed joint stock company founded in 2010 to help implement venture projects. The company’s interests comprise also Internet marketing, Internet advertisement, PR, development and promotion of websites, context ads, auditing of websites and consulting. -0-
