The Iraqi public's uses of digital television and cinema sites ( A field study )

Research extracted from a master's thesis

Abstract

The research problem revolves around the Iraqi public's use of digital television and cinematic websites، and their importance to the academic study and society، as it examines the public's relationship with these websites، usage habits، and the reasons for their interaction with them. And for the prevalence of this phenomenon of use، it was necessary to address the intensity، intentionality، and timing of use to theoretically root the subject of the study، which is one of the modern studies in Iraq and the Arab world. The survey approach، where the research was based on the theory of uses and gratifications that confer positivity and activity on the mass media audience.

     The researchers designed a standardized survey form with the scale as a research tool to which the two observation and interview tools were added، and the study community was from the Iraqi public (15 years and over)، and an available sample was selected from the population of the city of Baghdad consisting of (772) singles that formed the sample of the total study، and the research reached several results، topped by the widespread use of television and cinematic websites over the Internet by the Iraqi public، represented by the residents of the city of Baghdad، through the temporal and spatial diversity of use، the quality of the devices used for follow-up and the various motives