Do Western media really pay little attention to the ongoing war in Nagorno Karabakh?
A preliminary quantitative analysis in my latest research note.
Some graphs in a thread here ⬇️
giorgiocomai.eu/post/2020-10-h…
A preliminary quantitative analysis in my latest research note.
Some graphs in a thread here ⬇️
giorgiocomai.eu/post/2020-10-h…
This is based on a quantitative analysis of the number of articles mentioning at least once "Karabakh" on The New York Times and The Guardian.
As a term of comparison, I used the August 2008 war in South Ossetia (I know, not ideal, but still a point of reference)
As a term of comparison, I used the August 2008 war in South Ossetia (I know, not ideal, but still a point of reference)
Long term analysis: the NYT never published as many stories mentioning "Karabakh" as it did in 1988. 
The same graph looks quite different for articles mentioning "Ossetia". In 2008 alone, NYT published more than 700 such articles.
What about coverage of the early days of war? This graph sets 7 August 2008 and 27 September 2020 as Day 1 of war for Ossetia and Karabakh respectively, and compares the two.
A couple of articles per day in the case of N.Karabakh 2020, up to 30 in the case of S.Ossetia 2008
A couple of articles per day in the case of N.Karabakh 2020, up to 30 in the case of S.Ossetia 2008
Data for The Guardian show similar results.
Check out the full post for methodological details, relevant disclaimers, and more graphs.
giorgiocomai.eu/post/2020-10-h…
Check out the full post for methodological details, relevant disclaimers, and more graphs.
giorgiocomai.eu/post/2020-10-h…
"To summarise, this post preliminarily confirms the widely-held impression that the ongoing war in Nagorno Karabakh has been receiving relatively little attention in Western media."
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