دور وسائل الإعلام في تشكيل الرأي العام

Abstract EN

The subject of the media has attracted the attention of many intellectuals, academics and researchers, because it has a role in raising the public's attention to the issues and problems.

So this study was launched to learn about the role of the media in shaping public opinion.

The aim of this study was to reveal the extent to which the media contributed to shaping public opinion by identifying the content of these media outlets, and also to monitor the spread of the media and to study the impact on the awareness of viewers and listeners.

In order to achieve the objectives of the research, the researcher used the descriptive approach, which aims to monitor a specific phenomenon or topic in order to understand its content.

The researcher adopted the questionnaire and applied it to a sample of the community of Nasiriyah, Their views and attitudes from the media, and their relationship to forming their views on various issues .The results of the study showed that the media have a great role to form their opinions on the various issues presented by these means.

They also showed that the respondents rely on the media to build their culture.

They also see that the