Hovik Manucharyan

[][][]Armenian News Network / Groong This article on Medium The “Perfect TV” phenomenon: Who controls #fakenews Armenian Youtube channels? By Hovik Manucharyan, co-host of the Groong podcast. []A number of anonymous fake news channels capture nearly 45% of all views for Armenian news/political content on YouTube. See also: ● Can Perfect TV help sway Armenian election results? ● The “Vardan Ghukasyan Party” Or How Social Media May Affect Armenian Elections...

[][]Armenian News Network / Groong Armenian YouTube channel stats — May 2021 []A monthly update on what Armenian content is watched the most on YouTube. Since August 2020 Groong has been tracking statistics about Armenian YouTube channels in order to better understand what type of news and political content gets consumed by Armenian users. We identify and monitor more than a hundred content sources on YouTube and at the end of every month, we tally the view count and subscriber count, giving us an interesting picture....

[]Armenian News Network / Groong The “Vardan Ghukasyan Party” Or How Social Media Affects Armenian Elections []On YouTube, fake news in Armenian is not the exception, but almost the norm. Can disinformation on YouTube and other social media turn into actual votes during elections? Campaign image of Hayots Hayrenik The electoral campaign for the June 20 early parliamentary elections is in full swing. An unprecedented number of political parties and electoral blocks - 26 to be exact - are vying for parliamentary seats in a politically turbulent Armenia that is currently feeling the after-effects of the disastrous defeat in the 2020 War in Artsakh....