Political programs on the Iraqi satellite channel And its role in shaping political awareness

The study aimed to find out the extent of the public’s reliance on the political programs broadcast on the Al-Iraqiya satellite channel in order to obtain political information, form political awareness, and know the public’s evaluation of the political programs presented on the channel and their ability to create influence through the topics presented and the ability to persuade, and it relied on the descriptive and analytical approach. The questionnaire was used as a tool to collect the required data, on a sample of (380) from the Iraqi public, The study assumed that the political programs broadcast on the Al-Iraqiya satellite channel are one of the effective factors in the formation of political awareness of the Iraqi society and that it depends on it to obtain political information and considers it a basic and reliable source of information. Through the survey study on a group of experts and intellectuals, we extracted the following results:

 The presence of public dependence on political programs broadcast on Al-Iraqiya channel as a source for the formation of political awareness at a rate of (44%), and political programs received support (42%). The results also showed that it has good credibility with respect to other channels, and that these programs have an impact in encouraging the community to participate in the elections at a rate of (52%). The results showed that (26%) of the respondents are convinced that the (neutral) program is one of the most political programs that have a role in developing political awareness. The study also concluded that most of the political contents of the political programs presented on Al-Iraqiya TV, from which the public have benefited, are knowing what is going on in the country’s political arena, and this opinion is supported by (54%) of the respondents, and that (46%) of the sample respondents support that it is Guests of political programs have a role and influence in shaping political awareness. The study concluded that the political programs contributed to the understanding of the political reality, whether in a medium or large way, with a percentage of (80%) of the sample members. Likewise, the political programs that are shown on Al-Iraqiya TV have the right to what they offer and that is supported by (52%) of the respondents..