Creating “The Armenians” media design
Founder of Webtv.am cultural Internet TV, Arayik Manukyan, with his supporters, first time in Armenia, initiated the establishment of “The Armenians”public-debate-information pan-Armenian media space via public crowd-funding.
In an interview with “Aravot”, Mr. Manukyan informed that they had discussions and talks for nearly a year about the idea with professionals representing various fields.
We are going to create a new technological modern programming, multi-functional multimedia site-system with its multi-layered and multi-language blogging platforms that will become a public-debate-information pan-Armenian media space.
Why through crowd-funding? First, because the idea is not new, and very serious projects are created and developed in the world long ago by this model. This model, especially in the media, is an exceptional guarantee for free and easy operation.
Secondly, professional journalists are going to work in “The Armenians” pan-Armenian media space, in which the society can make a contribution to a qualified product and content created by the journalists,” said our interlocutor.
“We seem to have been drawn to the fact that the most important thing is the idea. The idea rules the world, societies and various processes. Today, there is a serious crisis in the manifestation of the idea and the reason it is not that there is no idea, simply there are no brain-centered platforms, this idea is not concentrated in one place, in one center, on one platform, which can be a database that can be used and leave a major and practical impact on the social, economic, cultural and other processes.
Today, we see that there is a qualified idea in the world and the owner of this idea is also the Armenian. There are musicians, artists, analysts, economists, cooks, etc. in the world who have such ideas. They are many. In Armenia, in all the spheres, ranging from engineering up to the cooking, we have people, brilliant young people who have very serious idea, very serious word to say, and serious professional approach but they lack in having a professional opportunity to make their word reach the public.
In the presence of such platforms, the intellectual stratum will not wait any more about who will find itself in order to ask its view, opinion, or prepare a doubtable quality material but can express itself on its own initiative about the idea discussed in professional layer, to present its opinion, view and its work. “The Armenians” pan-Armenian media platform will host this debate which will focus the idea of an Armenia and the professional idea of vocational communities,” says Arayik Manukyan.
“in accordance to certain standards, registered in “The Armenians” pan-Armenian media platform and having its own blogging space, any professional would be free to present his opinion, view, and discuss them with other community members.
All professional Armenians that although are speaking in different languages have popularity, various age degrees, various experience in the areas of their professional activities, various attitudes, opinions, views, beliefs holders, however, they are living with an identity of an Armenian and will be in this platform.
A professional journalistic team will also work, which will present the Armenian political, economic and cultural heritage and other quality content.
For the first phase, we are planning to collect 4600 US dollars via crowd-funding, which will be allocated to the web-system programming, design, hosting and procurement of other internet services and operation. I already said that it will be a multi-functional, multi-media system with modern technology, multi-layered blogging platforms etc.
For the second phase, we plan to have a crowd-funding close to 3500 US dollars to give a start to the journalistic team work,” added our interlocutor.
Everyone can transfer how much he or she can afford for this purpose. We will be grateful to everyone without exception irrespective of the size of the transferred amount. This is the philosophy of the crow-funding.
“The Armenians” will also become a platform to know each other.”
Gohar HAKOBYAN
