Abstract

The television news channels play a prominent essential role in forming public opinion through their various programs that work in concert, and in consistency and complementarity in forming public opinion on various topics, circumstances, situations and problems that present themselves to society, which are related to various political, social, cultural and economic aspects .Hence the importance of intensifying research efforts to find out the reality of the role that the media play and their effects on the public, and on important and prominent groups in society such as the elite groups who contribute to the leadership of the masses, and the formation of public opinion, especially in light of the increasing dependence of members of society on the media as the main source In order to extract information about the events and issues raised, the reason according to the model of relying on the media is the decline of one's direct experiences with different issues