Armenia's Security and Resilience Issues in the Context of the Second Post-Traumatic Elections (2026)

About the project

A study of Armenia’s online media and the social media platforms of political forces participating in the elections, focusing on the features of promoting pre-election narratives and communicating with audiences.

A study of the features and practices of using social networks in various processes (including pre-election campaigns) as a tool for communication with audiences. The research is conducted based on a series of video interviews with experts from different countries.

Duration: march-november 2026 

Support: Black Sea Trust for Regional Cooperation of the German Marshall Fund

Materials prepared within the framework of the project

"ALWAYS CONNECTED ARMENIA" AND THE 2026 ELECTIONS. PARALLELS WITH THE  PREVIOUS TWO NATIONAL ELECTIONS

"ALWAYS CONNECTED ARMENIA" AND THE 2026 ELECTIONS. SELECTED DATA FROM THE FIRST, PRE-OFFICIAL CAMPAIGN PHASE

THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ELECTION CAMPAIGN IN ONLINE MEDIA AND ON POLITICAL FORCES' FB PAGES

"ALWAYS CONNECTED ARMENIA" AND THE 2026 ELECTIONS. REPORT

"SOCIAL NETWORKS ARE ONE OF THE COMMUNICATION CHANNELS FOR GERMAN STATE INSTITUTIONS, NOT THE PRIMARY ONE", interview with Michael Huppertz, German media expert and representative of the Eurasian Society in German

"THE GEORGIAN GOVERNMENT KNOWS WELL HOW TO MANIPULATE PUBLIC OPINION", interview with TAMAR KINTSURASHVILI, Executive Director of the Media Development Foundation (MDF)

"IN POLAND, PUBLIC DISCOUSE IS HEAVILY DRIVEN BY ONLINE TOOLS", interview with JAKUB SZYMIK, founder of CEE Digital Democracy Watch

"POLITICIANS SHAPE THE INFORMATION SPACE IN WAYS THAT SERVE THEIR INTERESTS", interview, Valeriu Pașa, head of WatchDog.MD

"BEING ONLINE AND WRITING WHATEVER COMES TO MIND ISN'T ALWAYS THE BEST OPTION, interview with Raluca Radu, professor at the Faculty of Journalism and Communication Studies at the University of Bucharest