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Azerbaijani media catches at straw: four tips to avoid swallowing
information bait
18:53, 2 August, 2014
YEREVAN, AUGUST 2, ARMENPRESS. How correct is it to translate the
information of the Azerbaijani media and without checking to spread it
to the reader? What principles should be applied while providing
information? How "not to swallow" the enemy's information bait?
"Armenpress" has spoken with the media industry experts on these
questions and figured out what should be expected in the near future
from the Azerbaijani information platform, and listened to the
opinions on the work of the Armenian and Azerbaijani mass media.
Samvel Martirosyan, information security expert, believes that it is
always possible to use the Azerbaijani media as a source, but only
after checking the information. "If we look what kind of information
they spread yesterday and today, we will see that they are spreading a
large amount of deliberate misinformation.
Hrant Melik-Shahnazaryan, political analyst, times.am website editor,
noted that previously it had been much more dangerous to refer to the
Azerbaijani sources. "At present we can say that these sources are
used not by the media, but by the news websites. These are small sites
that are cheap and they try to enjoy populist authority by spreading
this kind of materials, trying to attract visitors to their sites,"
said Hrant Melik- Shahnazaryan, adding that such sites cannot be named
media.
Aram Ananyan, Director of "Armenpress" News Agency, stresses that the
logic of the activities of the Azerbaijani press in recent days
suggests that they do not even hesitate to spread obvious fabrication
and lie. "Such actions have a distinct purpose to mislead and
misinform the society and in this respect it is important that our
colleagues follow the simple rules of information "hygiene". It should
be noted that publishing unverified information in such situations
also contradicts the simplest rules of professional ethics, because
the events taking place are worthy of more comprehensive and objective
coverage," said Aram Ananyan.
Ananyan considered noteworthy the creation of the fake account of
allegedly Armenian political scientist and the dissemination of
disinformation through him. It had one purpose - to turn the reality
upside down, which, however, failed. Referring to the Armenian mass
media activities, Ananyan highlighted the fact that in any situation
the most important principle of getting information should be
reliability.
"In this regard, to have different political views does not mean you
have to sacrifice the basic principle - reliability. This is not the
issue which should be used to solve some problems,"- said Ananyan.
Researcher in the field of propaganda Karen Vrtanesyan notes that he
has observed some changes in the Azerbaijani press. According to him,
in contrast to the previous cases during the recent intelligence and
sabotage operations the Azerbaijani media has published information
about their losses. "As for the noise around the fake account of the
Armenian political scientist, the matter was resolved very quickly,
and once again it displayed that the Azerbaijanis are trying to catch
at a straw. Regarding the work of the Armenian media, the quality is
much improved. And both in terms of coverage and in terms of
reliability of the materials the Armenian media is at a higher level
than the Azerbaijani" - said Karen Vrtanesyan.
http://armenpress.am/eng/news/771498/azerbaijani-media-catches-at-straw--four-tips-to-avoid-swallowing-information-bait.html
information bait
18:53, 2 August, 2014
YEREVAN, AUGUST 2, ARMENPRESS. How correct is it to translate the
information of the Azerbaijani media and without checking to spread it
to the reader? What principles should be applied while providing
information? How "not to swallow" the enemy's information bait?
"Armenpress" has spoken with the media industry experts on these
questions and figured out what should be expected in the near future
from the Azerbaijani information platform, and listened to the
opinions on the work of the Armenian and Azerbaijani mass media.
Samvel Martirosyan, information security expert, believes that it is
always possible to use the Azerbaijani media as a source, but only
after checking the information. "If we look what kind of information
they spread yesterday and today, we will see that they are spreading a
large amount of deliberate misinformation.
Hrant Melik-Shahnazaryan, political analyst, times.am website editor,
noted that previously it had been much more dangerous to refer to the
Azerbaijani sources. "At present we can say that these sources are
used not by the media, but by the news websites. These are small sites
that are cheap and they try to enjoy populist authority by spreading
this kind of materials, trying to attract visitors to their sites,"
said Hrant Melik- Shahnazaryan, adding that such sites cannot be named
media.
Aram Ananyan, Director of "Armenpress" News Agency, stresses that the
logic of the activities of the Azerbaijani press in recent days
suggests that they do not even hesitate to spread obvious fabrication
and lie. "Such actions have a distinct purpose to mislead and
misinform the society and in this respect it is important that our
colleagues follow the simple rules of information "hygiene". It should
be noted that publishing unverified information in such situations
also contradicts the simplest rules of professional ethics, because
the events taking place are worthy of more comprehensive and objective
coverage," said Aram Ananyan.
Ananyan considered noteworthy the creation of the fake account of
allegedly Armenian political scientist and the dissemination of
disinformation through him. It had one purpose - to turn the reality
upside down, which, however, failed. Referring to the Armenian mass
media activities, Ananyan highlighted the fact that in any situation
the most important principle of getting information should be
reliability.
"In this regard, to have different political views does not mean you
have to sacrifice the basic principle - reliability. This is not the
issue which should be used to solve some problems,"- said Ananyan.
Researcher in the field of propaganda Karen Vrtanesyan notes that he
has observed some changes in the Azerbaijani press. According to him,
in contrast to the previous cases during the recent intelligence and
sabotage operations the Azerbaijani media has published information
about their losses. "As for the noise around the fake account of the
Armenian political scientist, the matter was resolved very quickly,
and once again it displayed that the Azerbaijanis are trying to catch
at a straw. Regarding the work of the Armenian media, the quality is
much improved. And both in terms of coverage and in terms of
reliability of the materials the Armenian media is at a higher level
than the Azerbaijani" - said Karen Vrtanesyan.
http://armenpress.am/eng/news/771498/azerbaijani-media-catches-at-straw--four-tips-to-avoid-swallowing-information-bait.html