The Image Of Iraqi Women During Peaceful Demonstrations In Local Satellite Channels, A Study Of The Trends Of Academic And Cultural Elites

Abstract

The interest in studying mental image in social sciences, including mass communication, increases in importance of image in changing social reality. And mental image research acquires special importance if it relates to the negative or traditional view of women reflected through the media, especially satellite channels. The broad and effective participation of Iraqi women in the popular peaceful demonstrations movement represented a turning point in the society's view of women and their political and social role in the movement of change in the country. This study aims to know the image of women and how Iraqi satellite channels reflected it during the popular movement and its basic features, as well as the role of the media in general and Iraqi satellite channels in forming a new
image of Iraqi women and monitoring, diagnosing and describing the image of Iraqi women as reflected by Iraqi satellite channels during peaceful demonstrations from the viewpoint of the academic and cultural elites. In order to achieve this, we conducted a field study on a sample of (100) academic and cultural elites, using the descriptive approach and the questionnaire as a tool for measuring variables.