Public exposure to news satellite channels and its relationship to levels of preference and evaluation of programs

Survey study on a sample of the audience of Baghdad City Cente

Abstract

The media, especially the satellite channels in our time, are one of the most important pillars of daily life, public and private, for society and people, and are considered by sociologists and sociologists as one of the most important factors of social upbringing and the most important, as a result of the technological and technological development of the media as well as increasing their numbers and vertical and horizontal expansion locally, As well as entering into the lives of individuals and people and leading them to important sites within their interests and preferences, not to mention the long time spent exposure to those media and benefit from the programs offered or broadcast. , The problem of this research is that there is a lack or weakness or ambiguity in understanding the relationship between the exposure of the public to the news channels and the levels of preference and evaluation of programs broadcast by these channels and employees of the public achieved as a result of exposure. According to the above, the problem of research in is to answer the following questions:
a. The extent to which the public is exposed to satellite news channels and the reasons for the public’s follow-up to these satellite channels or not?
B. What are the most prominent satellite news channels that the public prefers to watch their programs and what patterns and habits of exposure?
c. What are the most prominent public ratings of satellite TV favorite about some of the positions and qualities and advantages compared to other satellite channels, and what are the most prominent evaluations of programs that attract them and staff and some technical aspects?