qualitative analysis . It first presents a short timeline of the war and the most important statements / messages of the Prime Minister of Armenia . The paper uses the website EVN Report for this part of the research since that website provides the chronology of official updates for each day of the war . For Pashinyan ’ s statements and interviews , the official website of the Prime Minister was used . The study then conducts a descriptive content analysis of three Armenian media outlets that feature video interviews on a regular basis with invited experts and politicians . The selected media outlets are Armenian Public TV , 168 . am and Factor . am . The media outlets are selected through purposive sampling , meaning that the selection of these media outlets was based on personal judgment considering the following facts :
1 . Public TV has national coverage ( as well as a channel on Youtube ) and is the only government-funded and owned broadcast visual media .
2 . “ 168 . am ” has both a news website and featured periodic video interviews uploaded on Youtube and social media channels , as well as broadcast on ArmNews TV . This media has a more oppositional editorial policy .
3 . Factor . am does not have TV broadcast opportunities but has a significant subscriber base and viewership on social networks ( 350K on Facebook and 200K on Youtube ). It has video content both on its website and social networks . This media is independent , mainly donor-funded , and leans towards airing pro-government narratives .
The interview programs on the three listed media outlets were selected through convenience sampling ( regular program format , periodic interviews on a daily or weekly basis , relevant topics - among other reasons ) and were taken from the heading “ Programs ” on the website of each media outlet . These are “ Interview with Petros Ghazaryan ” on Public TV , “ Review ” on 168 . am , and “ Yerevani Jamanakov ” 1 on Factor . am . The study monitored these interview programs since they were airing the most often and were convenient to find on their websites . The study monitored all the broadcast interviews that were conducted throughout the 44 days of the war in the three programs mentioned .
The content analysis of these interview programs on the selected three media outlets provides a balanced view of how the Armenian Prime Minister ’ s messaging during the war was being framed and narrated for the public .
1 Note : Here it is important to note that there is another interview program on Factor . am
named “ Interview ”. However , it does not have any particular schedule and was extremely difficult to identify and monitor . Therefore , the study monitored the above-mentioned program .
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