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InterMedia Releases Report on Perceptions of NATO in the Former Soviet Union and Balkans |
| 31 July 2008 – Washington, D.C. |
InterMedia today released a new report that takes a closer look at shifting perceptions of NATO membership among the populations of 12 countries of the former Soviet Union and the Balkans. All the countries are potential NATO members. The report also analyzes NATO’s recent efforts to reach out to broader publics, many of whom are too young to recall NATO’s pivotal role in the Cold War. |
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| InterMedia strengthens its global research and analysis expertise |
| 22 July 2008 – Washington, D.C. |
| Diana Turecek joins InterMedia as the Regional Research Manager (RRM) for the Middle East and North Africa. Diana served as a government analyst for more than 18 years, specializing in strategic communications in the Middle East and South Asia. Dr. Haleh Vaziri, formerly InterMedia’s MENA RRM, is taking on a new role as Senior Global Media and Communications Analyst. In this position, Haleh will be responsible for an increasing number of InterMedia projects requiring heightened strategic input and analysis. |
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| Education and media key to improving HIV/AIDS awareness and knowledge levels in Afghanistan, new InterMedia report says |
| 2 april 2008 – Washington, D.C. |
| InterMedia today released findings from a nationwide survey of Afghanistan that finds low awareness and knowledge levels about HIV/AIDS, but also shows that education and access to media are important predictors for heightened awareness. |
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| Rapid increase in radio and TV channels in Africa, says new report by InterMedia and Balancing Act |
| 5 march 2008 – Washington, D.C. |
| A rapid increase in the number of radio and TV channels in Africa over the last three years has piqued interest in the continent by international media players. A recent report, African Broadcast and Film Markets, published jointly by Balancing Act and InterMedia (see details below), has documented the growth. The report—a detailed look at the state of broadcasting in 40 African countries, including 17 in-country audience surveys—provides data and insights broadcasters, advertisers and governments can use to find and develop markets, increase their reach and strengthen their impact among African audiences. |
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| New InterMedia survey finds Iranians see war with U.S. less likely even though more favor nuclear program since Ahmadinejad visit |
| 29 October 2007 – Washington, D.C. |
| While both Washington and Teheran continue to ramp up their confrontational rhetoric, a new InterMedia survey finds a majority of Iranians, 68 percent, are ‘more inclined’ to support the Islamic Republic’s quest for nuclear weapons technology after their president’s New York trip last month. Yet more than half believe war with the United States is ‘less likely,’ says a new InterMedia survey. |
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| InterMedia Strengthens Its Global Analytical and Research Expertise |
| 29 August 2007 – Washington, D.C. |
| The newest members of the InterMedia team join a roster of more than 30 global research and evaluation professionals. They include eight talented individuals, all of whom have earned advanced degrees from some of the world’s most prestigious programs. |
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| Afghanistan Media Environment Experiencing the Winds of Change |
| 22 February 2007 – Washington, D.C. |
| Despite continued difficulties with security and reconstruction, television is gaining ground in Afghanistan as the most important news and entertainment source in urban areas, particularly the capital, Kabul, according to recent surveys conducted by InterMedia. |
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| New Survey Finds Russians Down on Georgia, Increasingly Ambivalent Toward United States |
| 20 February 2007 – Washington, D.C. |
| Russian opinion of neighboring Georgia has fallen significantly over the past year, according to the results of a December 2006 survey of Russians released today by InterMedia, a Washington, D.C.-based media and public opinion research organization. The survey of 4,641 randomly selected respondents shows that 28 percent have a “somewhat unfavorable” view of Georgia, compared to 21 percent in 2005, while more than a third don’t know what to make of the United States. |
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| Iran: New Survey Finds Polarizing, Hardening of Iranian Attitudes over Nuclear Program |
| 23 May 2006 – Washington, D.C. |
| Iranians are increasingly divided over their country’s pursuit of nuclear weapons technology, according to the results of a telephone survey released by InterMedia. In the survey of 2,003 randomly selected respondents, 41 percent “strongly” support the development of a nuclear weapons program; 39 percent strongly oppose it. |
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| Belarus: New Survey Shows That While Lukashenka on Track to Win Easily in Sunday’s Elections, Less Than Half of Respondents Believe Elections Will Be Free and Fair; Dissenting Views Have Limited Access to Media |
| 15 March 2006 – Washington, D.C. |
| Authoritarian Alexander Lukashenka will be re-elected president of Belarus, according to a survey InterMedia conducted in the days before Sunday’s election. The results, released today, show 52.9 percent of the 1,085 Belarusians surveyed would vote for the incumbent, far ahead of his nearest rivals. |
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| Bosnia: New Survey Shows Country As Divided As Ever along Ethnic Lines; Suspicions Linger about the United States and the West, Despite Hopes for EU Accession |
| 08 March 2006 – Washington, D.C. |
| Ten years after the end of the war and in the lead up to EU accession, Bosnia’s three main ethnic groups—Bosniaks, Croats and Serbs—remain divided and ambivalent about important political choices that are likely to affect the pace of their country’s development, according to a recent survey conducted by the Washington, D.C.-based media and opinion research firm InterMedia. The survey, which polled 2,500 adults 15 and older across Bosnia, showed that despite recent progress towards reconciliation, ethno-political divides persist, as do theories about international conspiracies. |
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| New InterMedia Report Examines Proliferation in New Media and Communication Technologies throughout Developing World; Findings from Surveys of 138,000 Respondents |
| 12 January 2006 – Washington, D.C. |
| Global media research company InterMedia today released its first-ever annual review, Understanding How the World Understands, chronicling media use, audience preferences and new communications technology growth throughout the developing world. The data highlight how increasing choice in media and news around the world affects the gathering and dissemination—as well as attempts to control—information. These findings are based on recent surveys in 60 countries among 138,000 respondents, often in places and among populations for which detailed audience use and preferences data are scarce or unavailable. |
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