Today`s Zaman: “New and old media: trends in the South Caucasus”
Ankara, August 11 (AZERTAC). Turkish newspaper “Today`s Zaman” has published an article related to the part of report of the US Burson-Marsteller public relations organization concerning the presence of the most authoritative politicians of the world on Twitter.
The article says: “New research by the US public relations firm Burson-Marsteller shows that Twitter is increasingly being used as a tool of diplomacy and communication for state leaders worldwide. The data on the South Caucasus reveals that Twitter is popular with the presidents of Azerbaijan and Georgia, but that the Armenian president is not actively engaged in this mode of communication. What is striking about the content of the tweets by Azerbaijani and Georgian leaders is that they are raising the key issues facing their respective countries. For example, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has more than 27,000 followers, and his most popular tweet in English is: “Independence is the biggest asset, the biggest achievement, the biggest value for us.”
According to the findings, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili has more than 5,000 followers, and his most popular tweet to date is taken from a speech before the Azerbaijani parliament in March.
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