It has been quite awhile since I last blogged about Facebook use in the Caucasus. Again, here is a guide to how I get these data. Click on the tags for previous rates. According to Facebook, as of December 2019, around 3,300,000 Azerbaijanis, about 35% of the total population, or more accurately, 32% of the…
This week a young woman in Azerbaijan took her own life as a result of possible bullying. Video of the act and subsequent events were widely shared and discussed on social media. As a result, many Azerbaijanis are discussing the problem of bullying in schools. Here’s a summary of the case in English. Here’s a…
It has been awhile since I last blogged about Facebook use in the Caucasus. Again, here is a guide to how I get these data. Click on the tags for previous rates – here’s September 2017, here is May 2018. As of December 2018, there are about 1,400,000 Facebook users in Armenia, according to Facebook….
I received tenure in September 2018. If you see something out on the web that lists me as assistant professor, please let me know.
Click here for other posts about Facebook use in the South Caucasus. Here is a guide to how I get these data. Years of empirical research show that Internet use is far more common in cities than in rural areas and this continues to be true in Azerbaijan. As of June 2018, 32% of the…
It has been awhile since I last blogged about Facebook use in the Caucasus. Again, here is a guide to how I get these data. Click on the tags for previous rates – here’s September 2017. As of May 2018, there are about 1,200,000 Facebook users in Armenia, according to Facebook. That is 40% of…
Armenia experienced its most profound political change since becoming independent when former President and briefly Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan resigned. Sargsyan served two terms as president of Armenia, but in 2015, he changed the constitution which moved Armenia from a semi-presidential system to a parliamentary one. Then, despite promising otherwise, he was elected Prime Minister…
It has been quite awhile since I last blogged about Facebook use in the Caucasus. Again, here is a guide to how I get these data. Click on the tags for previous rates. According to Facebook, as of April 2018, around 2,900,000 Azerbaijanis, about 30% of the total population, or more accurately, 28% of the…
via GIPHY The EBRD Life in Transition survey from 2015 asked participants about their childhood – “About how many books were in your childhood home? Do not count magazines, newspapers, or school books.” Books in the childhood home is frequently used as a predictor of future educational attainment. But I’m curious for another reason. Some…
I’ve been playing with the 2015 EBRD Life in Transition survey dataset for the past few days. I saw an interesting question about political system preferences. Whereby people were asked to agree most with one of these statements: * Democracy is preferable to any other form of political system * Under some circumstances, an authoritarian…