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ELENA CHOBANIAN
HARD WORK
OR JUST BUSINESS?
POLITICAL RIVALS
PHOTOGRAPHY,
AN EXPRESSION ART OF LIFE
EDUCATION,
A FORM OF BUSINESS
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in different genres of journalism interview, articles, news.
Being in love with magazines, also with professionalism in the field of politics, business and
journalism that may seem contradictory areas at one point, I decided to establish this
magazine (during my master thesis process in International Relations), in the name of helping
young people to think critically, otherwise than traditional rules and cultural well-embedded
patterns show us how to proceed. It is not about revolution, but its about stepping along with
time, by showing that the world is quite complex and diverse.
Hence, the EM magazine, that boosts trust and partnership, will be available both printed
on glossy stock and online right in front of your computer or mobile screens. It will present not
only articles of authors, useful interviews and success stories, but it is also absorbed with high
quality images and photos signed by professional photographers from Armenia, Poland and
other places of the world.
Thus, I believe that in spite of various obstacles, we will reach peoples hearts, giving them an
opportunity to express themselves in the name of development and progress of the society.
Yelena
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"Fly" As Your Imagination May Show You
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on't Be Afraid
Of Being Different
Is photography an
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attractive profession?
Yes, it is. I am very much attracted to photography.
Actually, the basis of cinema is the art of knowing how
to shoot, to make professional photos. If it contains only
a framework, in cinema you need 24 frames per second.
So, first you have to learn that framework, then to film. I
prefer specifically that framework for creating ideas
and expressing them by a single frame.
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DIPLOMACY AS A MASK
OF SOFT POWER
The word diplomacy has a Greek root, which means
"official document conferring a privilege," is the art of
conducting negotiations between representatives of
governments, in international relations through
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international treaties and other agreements. It is the
art of discussing on diverse issues without using
direct method of communication. There is one saying:
Diplomacy is that you do not want to tell something
in front of someone. And perhaps you say different
thing. Tigran Shadunts, the Director of
the School of Public Diplomacy in
Yerevan, has his own opinion on
diplomacy.
Tools of the public diplomacy are educational, Formal diplomacy, actually, is a sphere
informational, corporate soft and hard powers in of countries activity. Soft power and
international relations. Educational soft power, public diplomacy are a matter of global
for instance, deals with the formation of governance. They are a unified system of
ideological approaches, and norms of world direct and/or indirect influence on social
perception. Informational soft power in its turn and business relations both in local and
deals with processing, spreading and controlling global levels, which occur between and/or
the system of informational flows. On the other by means of society, the mass media,
hand, corporate soft power deals with the business and international organizations.
formation and development of business system
relations, as well as processing, elaborating and
implementing of concepts and methods of an
influence on corporate relations. Thus, soft power
in international relations deals with the
development and intervention, interposing of the
elaborated concepts and techniques in regional
and international levels. In that sense, the
existence of School of Public Diplomacy in
Armenia gives the possibility to develop the soft
power, but also public diplomacy concepts and
techniques. Politics 5
SO MUCH
EFFORT CAN
MAKE YOUR
DREAMS
COME TRUE
DO YOU THINK WOMEN IN EUROPE, ESPECIALLY IN POLAND, ARE FREE IN THEIR EVERYDAY
LIFE, LOVE LIFE OR PROFESSIONAL AREA? WHAT CHANGES ARE STILL NEEDED IN THIS
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HOW CAN A PERSON SUCCEED IN HIS/HER
PROFESSION IN THE WORLD OF SO MUCH
COMPETITION, WHERE MONEY DECIDES
ALMOST EVERYTHING?
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from Italians optimism, in actress, will share a part from her
Germany I learnt to work hard to experience with us.
make your dreams reality. So, I
combined those three fields of
experience to resonate to the
world, if a person is attractive,
must be given a chance in show
business.
Time flies. The speed of running time is scaring. I try not to waste my time, instead I write poetry and novels in a blog by translating them
into English, also participating in photo sessions for MUA and stylization. I am a member of 30 photo groups on the internet, where till now I
had over 56.000 visitors. Also write for advertisement agencies everyday. I do not believe that when a person makes so much effort, giving
so much energy out herself/himself, nothing can happen.
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THE EUROPEAN UNION AND ITS
NEIGHBOURING COUNTIES
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The EU deals with its Southern and Eastern neighbours in order to promote stability, solving
economic issues in region, and especially within its European borders. And this can be
implemented by means of the European Neighbourhood Policy (launched in 2004), by
supporting political and economic reforms in neighbouring countries. In this programme can
be included Georgia, Armenia as well.
824 million estimated funding for the Regional South programme for 2014-2020
741 - 906 million estimated funding for the Regional East programme for 2014-2020
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As to Armenia
The European Union offers
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The International EOM welcomed the introduction
commitment to a democratic and of new technologies supported by the EU with
prosperous future for the Republic Armenian authorities. However, some irregularities
of Armenia, just following related to the double voting, ballot box stuffing, as
Parliamentary elections. Based on well as counting of results were recorded by the
the preliminary conclusions of the observers.
International Election Observation
Mission, the elections were
well-administered and
fundamental freedoms were Lets see how things are processed in coming years.
generally respected, in spite of the
lack of public trust in the
elections. Source: euneighbours.eu
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ARE THE MEDIA AND POLITICIANS
CONNECTED? by Elena Chobanian
The mass media have a colossal influence Juergen Habermas, a Television. The dominant and
both on people and politics, since it shapes German sociologist, defines powerful medium of political
public opinion, and its role becomes more the media as a space for public communication in our
powerful especially during elections when contemporary world is television.
discourse which must
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political parties are sensitive in terms of It creates, with the internet, new
how the media show their public guarantee universal access
forms of political reality and the
appearances. Ideally, the media should and rational debate in society.
virtual world. Television tends to
fulfill the political role by disseminating the But, in practice, the free
full range of political opinions, enabling the accentuate entertainment, that
market rules and competition kind of television keeps viewers
public to make political choices and enter
the national life. In democratic societies, create restrictions for attention. Television is the right
for instance, the media is a communication journalists, and commercial place for the celebrity coverage,
channel which ensures the exchange of television channels are forced for political conflict and so on.
opinions both in power and general public, to respond to the interests of Stories about backstage
governments and political parties dont put political manoeuvre and offer a
advertisers, as well as
direct pressure on the media (depending
politicians. Since the rise of kind of transparency.
on the country). In liberal democratic
countries it informs the public and acts as a the internet in the 80-90s, the
watchdog of the government. The media social media have involved
must make the political system more many actors: regular citizens,
transparent, by helping people
participate in political decisions, nongovernmental
understanding the operations of organizations, activists, Internet. It has enhanced the
government, etc. Unfortunately, in politicians, software providers, effects of television by
practice, most of the time the media play telecommunications firms, shortening the news of
different roles. It simulated transparency
and doesnt serve the political values that
governments. Even if through reporting, makings mass
motivate the transparency, hides the new technology web distribution of information
important information in a mass of sites and sophisticated inexpensive making possible
manufactured political realities. Although, computer programs the new journalistic sources that
the political transparency is impossible politicians-voters
without mass media coverage. Politicians, compete with television
communication has become
even governments can manipulate the coverage. The internet is a
coverage of information to achieve their more direct, medias role and
political and economical goals through responsibilities are still argued.
mediated access to wide
diverting audience attention. In the late range of information, two-way
1960s, Maxwell E. McCombs and communication channel,
Donald L. Shaw studying the
agenda-setting capacity of the news media
distribution channel for wide
in American presidential elections, in their variety of content, low
1977 book, The Emergence of American barriers to entry for access
Political Issues, McCombs and Shaw
wrote: The most significant effect of the
and global reach of a
media was its ability to organize our world connected network.
for us. The news media are stunningly However, it can worsen
successful in telling us what to think about.
televisions tendency to
emphasize celebrity and
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Tricks used during elections. Sometimes the crowds of Media logic is increasingly guided by a commercial
people (rallies) are made up of campaign workers and logic, and globalization reinforces that effect as
volunteers, so that the TV cameras dont capture an global forces within national media systems promote
empty room. Theyll be dressed so they appear to be the commercialization of broadcasting. In Denmark,
moms and dads, factory workers and teachers, but that Germany, Switzerland there is a
democratic-corporatist central European media
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can be just an illusion on TV and magazines. Politicians
stage events are covered by the media, which show them system, where the press freedom developed early
engaged in the business of governing over public policy and journalistic professionalization is strong. Spain,
issues. They show the politician with own family, like an France and Italy belong to the polarist-pluralized
ordinary, likeable person. You can see politicians wives media systems where the press is elite-oriented with
baking cookies for charity in their newly remodeled limited overall circulation, and television dominate the
kitchen (Obamas example). Those people are carefully media market. America and Germany show patterns
chosen so they appear in photos and in news coverage. where candidates run controlled campaigns for which
The more social sites followers and likes, the better. they are punished by journalists. Denmark, Great
Another trick is to say that the candidate is really busy Britain, Switzerland and France show more
and cant take any questions at all. Campaign experts interactive campaign styles where the journalist is still
know an exclusive interview will be given more space in a dominant and the candidates often need to defend
newspaper or more time in a TV newscast than a themselves in press-politics interactions. Italy and
day-to-day campaign story. Thanks to campaign laws of Spain show very interactive campaigns and the
the media, ad space has to be sold at the lowest available journalists grant candidates rather long sound bites.
rate, and media outlets have very little control over what Thus, the media and politics will always have close
is said in a political advertisement. connection, at least for the next five years, even if
both view each other as adversaries. As the media
are the most important source of political information
for the wider public, politicians need it as a tool to
get the exposure to win elections and gain as much
power as possible.
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Mixing a cake with Pickles
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act in real life and I do not hide my emotions. I am what I o m en s lifestyle, n g et s married d d o es n
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to d o anything w h o is e in
to have success one must not think about success all the wa n t artn er her ti m
husband/p e would spend shops,
time, considering it the main sense of life. We just have to wealthy h in g, sh o m s/ jyms or
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HARD WORK OR JUST
BUSINESS?
Some believe that hard work cannot be matched with business. That is, if
someone works everyday and many hours, he/she cannot have the necessary
energy to plan or think about a great idea, therefore to create something new
or start a business.
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So, What To Do?
Hard work is not equal to business. It can
be true, but not always.
Important steps to be made.
If you have enough energy and plenty of ideas, you firstly have to know
your negative and positives sides;
To know what you really want to achieve, and what would make you happy.
To concentrate one or maximum two things vital to you. Otherwise you risk
to spread so much energy, and therefore no effective result. You care about
your health too, isnt it?
Believe that you can, and have the patience during the process. Few
businesses grow to be successful based on the efforts of one individual. How
ever, you can face lots of difficulties.
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Ashkhen Davtyan-Pirate
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MERITOCRACY,
MYTH OR REALITY IN
A CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY
By Tamar Manjavidze
Director at Educational Company "Queen's English," Georgia
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The mission and the role of the University in a contemporary world has Of course, the world would be ideal if meritocracy was the ruler, but there are
several obstructing factors that should be taken into consideration. For
undergone huge changes due to the globalizing world. Diplomas are and have example, the notion of class which in many cases denes a persons place in a
social elevator. According to meritocracy, hardest working students naturally
always been a green light for a better future, in order to comfortably climb
get high marks and as a nal reward of their hard work they get best jobs.
the social ladder. However, sometimes we face facts when there is inequality and students from
high social class are more likely to do better in life, than those of the same
It is worth mentioning that contemporary world is working hard to create achievements, but from the lower social class. Meritocracy tries to make
system equal, where a person can get deserved reward no matter what class,
meritocratic system, which is based on an idea that if one does well will be ethnicity and gender they belong to.
rewarded accordingly. Thus, reward system is quite transparent and fair. So It is a well-known fact that education, particularly higher education, is the
simplest and quickest way to the best places in the labor market, high-paying
while speaking about American Dream we are speaking about meritocratic and prestigious positions and social mobility has become the best
system, which, theoretically is ideal for everyone. Meritocracy is considered achievement of the process. People are assigned to the particular floor. It is
obvious, that there is the "social elevator" that wanders from the bottom up
too ideal to be real, but there are cases when people have climbed social in a "social building" and brings different people, as well as different numbers
of people, on different floors. It is worth mentioning that the perception of
ladder only by their knowledge and experience. Unfortunately, such cases are meritocracy is based on "Equality of opportunity at the beginning" but not
"equality of results at the end".
so few, which give people the impression that meritocracy is just a myth and
The problem of equality and inequality in society is among the scope of
nothing else. interest of the contemporary society and has often been discussed. The
essential factor a person gets rewarded for the accomplishments in most
cases is the academic credential (diploma) he/she owns.
The perception of credentialism has changed due to the fact that society has
lost condent in its value. Credentials ceased to assure a proper job, at the
high school level, or an elite one, at the college level. The key reasons of
credential inflation is that education became expensive and even though
people have to pay more, it has become less valuable and less capable to
remunerate for credential cost than in the past. We can assume that
societys trust to education started gradually ceasing and accordingly it
became less enthusiastic to make the investment.
Even though meritocratic society is considered as being credential society, cases where a person has reached top positions without
having appropriate credential is getting more and more frequent. In such cases, experience, knowledge gained at work, practical skills
and personal values have successfully substituted diplomas. Thus, it is the question of the future whether meritocracy will favor
credentialism, or will cause it more inflation.
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Viktor Mamchich
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POLITICAL RIVALS
IN POLITICAL REGIMES
If an enemy does not exist, it is necessary to invent one and it was invented, for instance, in the
totalitarian model by A. Hitler, in Russian communism by Lenin, Stalin, and so on. An imaginary
rival usually can be an individual or a group that was already hated, feared or.. envied. V.I. Lenin, a
Russian communist revolutionary, politician, blamed the plight of workers on money-grubbing
capitalists. Mao Zedong, a Chinese communist revolutionary and the founding father of the Peoples
Republic of China, found his rival in wealthy landlords and then in capitalist roaders.
In order to understand why there is a need to make up rivals in politics and, generally, in life, we
discussed with Dr. Beata Pajk-Patkowska, MA in Psychology and PhD in Political Science
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(Adam Mickiewicz University).
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VERY INTERESTING.. WELL, WHICH COUNTRIES DO
STILL USE THIS POLITICAL TRICK TODAY? AND WHY?
I think most countries. The reason is that we can observe this process not only in totalitarian countries (like North Korea),
but also in authoritarian (like Russia) and in democratic ones. There are many reasons to do it in politics. Nowadays
inventing political rival is also used to justify a war. Like American war against terrorists in Iraq after the 11/9 or annex
of Krim by Russia. War is the way of overcoming the economic crisis or to cover the crisis.
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SIDE OF AN ORDINARY PERSON
INDIVIDUAL IS MORE PROTECT
POWERFUL AND HIMSELF/HERSELF
INFLUENTIAL THAN FROM SO-CALLED
THE POSITIVE ONE? IMAGINARY RIVALS,
Both sides in human being are strong, and it is OR RECOGNIZE,
possible to move this better side of our nature
as well. However, it is more difficult. On the
WHICH IS A TRUE OR
one hand, we need other people to survive, FALSE IMAGE?
but at the same time it is very easy to divide us
and to induce fighting others. Henri Tajfel, a
The best way to recognize what is true or
British social psychologist, conducted many
false, or in short what is propaganda, is
years ago an experiment who showed that we
the education. In democratic regime
can divide people very easily for any reason.
citizens must be taught from the very
In an experiment he created two groups by
beginning what is propaganda, how it is
random. In very short time members of those
made and for what reasons. Many
two groups started to identify with their
psychological researches showed that if
group and dislike members of the other
people are well educated, particularly in
group. Besides the most important tools used
humanities science, they are more
in inventing rivals and diffusion their images
resistant to propaganda and its black and
are media and pop culture. For both more
white vision of the world.
interesting is the dark side of human nature.
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THE STATE OF OUR CONSCIOUSNESS
MAKES US WEALTHY
Igor Anisimov
As a business, every profession has its positive and negative, difficult sides. To finding out what a
manager or a director must do to have good results in work, we decided to discuss with Igor
Anisimov, Director of the Diamond House hotel in Yerevan, and Chairman of the
Armenian-Romanian Commercial and Industrial Association.
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What are the conditions for a
country development, for instance
Armenia, from the financial,
business point of view?
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Putin Feels That Trump Can Be
An Easy Handling President
Vladimir Pozner
In terms of Putin-Trump relation, I think,
Vladimir Putin might prefer D. Trump as a
president not because he said it to me, but
because he might feel he could handle
Trump. But actually Trump is
unpredictable, said Journalist Vladimir
Pozner before Trump being elected.
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make some steps toward the U.S., to get us
out of the confrontation, partly because the
Russian government wanted to get rid of
sanctions.
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