THE IDEOLOGY OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS TOWARDS POLITICAL DISCOURSE IN SATELLITE CHANNELS A field study on media students at Al-Mustansiriya University

Abstract

‏ ‏The speech delivered by political blocs and parties and broadcasted by satellite satellite channels, social and and communication media has different ideologies and orientations: moderate speech calling for calm or one raising crises. ‏The latter is considered very challenging due to its local and international reference. ‏This, this paper aims at uncovering these challenges especially during the political crisis witnessed in Iraq. This paper sheds light on the most important crisis that spread in the public opinion, broadcasted by satellite, and raised by politicians who are competing to gain authority leading to lack of peoples, confidence on them.‏This matter should not be eglected at all; especially in Iraq which witnesses a birth of new democracy after years of dictatorship. This paper tends to raise many questions:-How does the Iraqi citizen look at the political speech? -Is it moderate convulsive, crisis-provoking, calls for calm or escalating? Do Iraqi citizens trust the politicians; ability to solve political crisis? The researcher diagnosed the faults in the political speeches directed to Iraqi publicThrough satellite channels in different circumstances, especially during the repetitive political crisis in Iraq, and caused by the language of escalation interested in politicians; speeches that aim to adopt a moderate speech and end political disputes crises. The main conclusion are:Political discourse broadcasted through satellite channels provides the public withan opinion about various political events and crises. The public believes that politicians seek, through their speeches, to cause crises in Iraq.‏ The Iraqi public prefers a moderate speech that may contribute to stabilize thesituation.