مصداقية المواقع الإلكترونية كمصدر للأخبار و المواضيع و علاقتها بظاهرة العداء لوسائل الإعلام لدى الجمهور

Abstract EN

SummaryThe study aimed to identify the credibility of News sites as a source of news and topics and its relationship to the phenomenon of Hostile Media among the public, the methodology of the study: The study was based on the survey methodology, the study sample: a sample consisting of (100) of the elite (Academics, media professionals, intellectuals, artists) in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq during the period From 1/3 to 3/31/2021.

Study tools: The study data were collected using an online questionnaire tool due to the inability of a personal interview for the conditions of the Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic.

The most prominent results of the study: - The average rate and intensity of the elite's use of Kurdish News sites, despite the keenness of more than half of the study sample to browse Kurdish News sites on a daily basis.

- The credibility of Kurdish News sites declined among the elite - the study sample - where the reliability measure of "medium and" low "came first, and finally" high credibility".

- At the forefront of the effects of the elite public's feeling - the study sample - of hostility towards Kurdish News sites, “the elite's loss of confidence in what the Iraqi media broadcasts about the political situation in Iraq, ” followed by all, “the bias of Iraqi news sites makes me feel hatred towards those who oppose my political views, ” and "I don't want to talk to others about the bias of news sites in Iraq.

"- There are statistically significant differences between the respondents in terms of (gender) only in the extent of the trend towards the credibility of Kurdish News sites.

- The existence of a statistically significant correlation between the bias factors of Kurdish sites and the hostile behavior towards those sites from the viewpoint of the respondents- The existence of a statistically significant correlation relationship between the hostile attitude towards Kurdish sites and the hostile behavior towards those sites from the viewpoint of the respondents.

Key wordsCredibility - News sites – Hostile Media