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PRESS RELEASE
Armenian National Institute
August 16, 2012
Contact: Press Office
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (202) 383-9009
ARMENIAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE ANNOUNCES MAJOR EXPANSION OF ITS WEBSITE
ON THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
WASHINGTON, DC - The Armenian National Institute (ANI) announced this
week a major expansion of its website on the Armenian Genocide. A new
section titled Contemporary Press Coverage consisting of a compilation
of over 170 articles from some 50 mainstream media sources discussing
the Armenian Genocide has been added. The ANI website is one of the
most frequently visited Internet resources on the Armenian Genocide.
The Contemporary Press Section demonstrates the growing public and
international awareness of the Armenian Genocide with coverage
spanning the globe, but especially from countries with
English-language sources including the United States, Canada, Great
Britain, and Israel. The new section contains articles focusing on the
historical, political, legal, and moral significance of the Armenian
Genocide. For instance readers will find a series of articles tracing
the evolution of the U.S. discussion in the media and the ongoing
effort for affirmation.
The Contemporary Press Coverage section also conveys the world's
onetime awareness of the events and the facts of the Armenians
Genocide and how the intervening decades of silence, followed by
growing attention to human rights issues, reshaped that discourse on
the meaning of the events of 1915.
The compilation provides ten categories of coverage: Book Review,
Editorial, Education, Feature Story, Film Review, Memorials, Opinion,
Genocide Remembrance Day, Reporting, and Restitution, demonstrating
the scope and type of coverage garnered by this important subject.
While WWI dominated the daily news bulletins, given the scale of the
atrocities committed in 1915 against the Armenian people in the
Ottoman Empire resulting in large numbers of victims, international
media coverage of these crimes became regular news. A sampling of
articles from 1915 is posted on the ANI website. Media attention to
the plight of the Armenians diminished with the end of the war and
went mostly silent for the better part of the 20th century.
Public attention to the historical significance of the Armenian
Genocide resumed in the last quarter of the 20th century. Broader
attention to human rights issues prompted by the recurrence of mass
killings around the world redefined the Armenian Genocide as a
precedent to the series of genocides that punctuated the 20th century.
The media discourse on the Armenian Genocide has expanded in the 21st
century as reflected in the Contemporary Press Coverage section which
documents such media interest from the year 2000 onward. Noteworthy
articles by prominent journalists and writers will be added to the
site.
Founded in 1997, the Armenian National Institute (ANI) is based in
Washington, DC, and is dedicated to the study, research, and
affirmation of the Armenian Genocide.
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NR#2012-01
New web page link: http://www.armenian-genocide.org/press.html
Armenian National Institute
August 16, 2012
Contact: Press Office
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (202) 383-9009
ARMENIAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE ANNOUNCES MAJOR EXPANSION OF ITS WEBSITE
ON THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
WASHINGTON, DC - The Armenian National Institute (ANI) announced this
week a major expansion of its website on the Armenian Genocide. A new
section titled Contemporary Press Coverage consisting of a compilation
of over 170 articles from some 50 mainstream media sources discussing
the Armenian Genocide has been added. The ANI website is one of the
most frequently visited Internet resources on the Armenian Genocide.
The Contemporary Press Section demonstrates the growing public and
international awareness of the Armenian Genocide with coverage
spanning the globe, but especially from countries with
English-language sources including the United States, Canada, Great
Britain, and Israel. The new section contains articles focusing on the
historical, political, legal, and moral significance of the Armenian
Genocide. For instance readers will find a series of articles tracing
the evolution of the U.S. discussion in the media and the ongoing
effort for affirmation.
The Contemporary Press Coverage section also conveys the world's
onetime awareness of the events and the facts of the Armenians
Genocide and how the intervening decades of silence, followed by
growing attention to human rights issues, reshaped that discourse on
the meaning of the events of 1915.
The compilation provides ten categories of coverage: Book Review,
Editorial, Education, Feature Story, Film Review, Memorials, Opinion,
Genocide Remembrance Day, Reporting, and Restitution, demonstrating
the scope and type of coverage garnered by this important subject.
While WWI dominated the daily news bulletins, given the scale of the
atrocities committed in 1915 against the Armenian people in the
Ottoman Empire resulting in large numbers of victims, international
media coverage of these crimes became regular news. A sampling of
articles from 1915 is posted on the ANI website. Media attention to
the plight of the Armenians diminished with the end of the war and
went mostly silent for the better part of the 20th century.
Public attention to the historical significance of the Armenian
Genocide resumed in the last quarter of the 20th century. Broader
attention to human rights issues prompted by the recurrence of mass
killings around the world redefined the Armenian Genocide as a
precedent to the series of genocides that punctuated the 20th century.
The media discourse on the Armenian Genocide has expanded in the 21st
century as reflected in the Contemporary Press Coverage section which
documents such media interest from the year 2000 onward. Noteworthy
articles by prominent journalists and writers will be added to the
site.
Founded in 1997, the Armenian National Institute (ANI) is based in
Washington, DC, and is dedicated to the study, research, and
affirmation of the Armenian Genocide.
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NR#2012-01
New web page link: http://www.armenian-genocide.org/press.html