Iraqi political talk shows and their role in dealing with crises A survey study on Tikrit University students

Abstract

The research dealt with an important topic that Iraqi researchers have not previously addressed and treated in an extensive and integrated manner, which is the public's dependence on political talk shows after the dependent variable, and the effects of dependence on strengthening political knowledge after the independent variable, and the research also sought to understand the type of relationship between dependence on programs The political dialogue in enhancing political knowledge and the implications thereof, by accessing the most prominent indicators in this regard. The research also aimed to achieve a set of objectives focused on measuring the extent of watching the talk shows presented by Iraqi satellite channels, evaluating its statistical significance, and investigating patterns of exposure of Iraqi university youth to the programmes. The political dialogue in the Iraqi satellite channels and access to the most prominent priorities of the Iraqi university youth in terms of identifying their most prominent interests in the current events, issues and crises that they followed through the talk shows. This research is descriptive in terms of type, and the researcher used the survey method in order to collect, classify and analyze information, into a group Among the most important results are:

1. The great agreement among the majority of respondents regarding the most prominent times in which their follow-up to political talk shows increased was (in times of crises and current events) in the first place with a rate of (21%).
2. The clear confirmation that (You didn’t forget Ahmar program) was ranked first within the focus of the respondents’ interest in the political talk shows most followed by the respondents (17%), then the (District of Dialogue) program (14%) in the second place, and the program (The Decision is Yours) program (The Decision is Yours) programAt a rate of (13.7%) in the third rank, and the program (On Hand) at a rate of (11.2%) in the fourth, and this confirms that these programs have received the attention of the respondents.
3. Adequate volume of information about crises through political dialogue programs on Iraqi satellite channels - Corona crisis: (enough) Almost half of the respondents indicated that sufficient information about the Corona crisis through political talk shows on Iraqi satellite channels, and their percentage is (49.5%), and thus This ruling came in first place. It was followed by (to some extent sufficient) and their percentage (37.8%) that the information is sufficient to some extent about the Corona crisis through talk shows on Iraqi satellite channels - the demonstrations crisis: (to some extent) the solution of this ruling In the first place, with a rate of (37.5%) that the information is sufficient to some extent about the crisis of demonstrations through talk shows on Iraqi satellite channels. It was followed by (insufficient) and with a percentage of (37%) that there is insufficient information about the crisis of demonstrations through Iraqi satellite talk shows.