A few years ago I wrote a report summarizing a USAID-funded CRRC-conducted study of the Armenian media environment. They re-did this study this summer (no report seems to be available yet), but the data is up so I will be slowly but surely posting some findings. Let’s start with media trust. This graphic makes it…
(I did a quick blog post on this earlier this year, FWIW) Attitudes toward protest is one of my favorite Caucasus Barometer questions. (Sarah Kendzior and I wrote a piece centered around this measure in 2012). It is an interesting way to ask a question in a vignette format. People are asked which statement they…
By requests, let’s look at voting behaviors in the 2012 Caucasus Barometer. Do Caucasians think that it is important for a good citizen to vote? With three-quarters of Georgians believing that it is extremely important for a good citizen to vote (mean 8.74/10), and less than two-thirds of Armenians (8.37/10) and half of Azerbaijanis believing…
Yerevan voted today! Here’s the TAGS explorer analysis. And NodeXL for 830pm May 5. Honestly I slept through all of this, so I don’t have much analysis yet. More to come! NodeXL for 11pm May 5. NodeXL for 10am May 6.
#barevolution is on! Here’s a hashtag analysis for the last week (this includes following relationships). Full report 3 main groups here – foreigners, diaspora, and Hayastantsi. Here’s the analysis for just replies and mentions. Full report The groups here are more interesting. There is a group of people all talking to/with @onewmphoto, another with @goldentent…
I’ve written before on consumption in the Caucasus, but here’s a 2012 update. Any interesting ownership differences? Azerbaijanis like A/C, I guess. No major differences here, but looks like Armenians love their phones! People bought this stuff pretty recently. I admit, this isn’t the most interesting analysis, but because it is so difficult to measure…
A recent RFERL report about social networking site use in rural Azerbaijan got me thinking about doing a blog post about regional differences in Internet activities in the Caucasus. (And whenever we’re talking about Internet and Azerbaijan, gender needs to be looked at as well.) I have a forthcoming paper in the Journal of Communication…
Atheism in the Former Soviet Union is a complicated subject. During the Soviet period, everyone was encouraged to be atheist, but what about now? While it is difficult to ask people about their religion, asking them about their attitudes toward particular religions (or lack there of) IS possible. First people were asked how often they…
What are the typical Internet users in the Caucasus? Using factor analysis (a technique where you see what things are related to other things), I’ve created some Caucasus Internet user types. I then used regression to see what demographic characteristics made it more or less likely for someone to be in a particular user type….
I had a request via Twitter for age analysis on social media use in the Caucasus. Ask and you shall receive. But first, let’s start with Internet frequency. Certainly, there are a lot more younger people online than there are older people in all 3 countries. Interestingly, two-thirds of Armenian 18-24 year olds are online…