By Elen Danielyan (YSU Faculty of Journalism Student)

Krisztina Rozgonyi and Shushan Doidoyan, media specialists working for the Council of Europe, believe that while the 2018 regime change in Armenia contributed to the freedom of media expression, the media in Armenia is extremely polarized and controlled by business interests.

The two, in Yerevan today, reported the update findings of the 2019 Armenian Media Field Needs Assessment Report.

They said the level of media literacy is low in Armenia and the level of disinformation in Armenia is the highest ever.

Doidoyan said that by the end of the year, the Armenian government will have drafted programs to develop the media sector and to fight against misinformation.

The report notes that the main source of information in Armenia are social networks, in the following order of priority: Facebook, YouTube, Instagram.

The role of television for news coverage consumption has been decreasing since 2015.

The print media hardly plays a role for news consumption.

Most people in Armenia get their international news via Russian TV channels.