The role of Iraqi media in confronting the COVID-19 pandemic

Media is a powerful factor shaping the development of health awareness against the Covid-19 virus outbreak; Under these circumstances, can new media transmit misinformation with the increasing volume of research that closely follows the steps of technological transformations (such as radio, YouTube, television, the Internet and mobile phones) in an attempt to identify the main effects of new media? Is it possible to take advantage of flexible strategies or reasons stemming from their realities? Do these increase public adherence to the safety measures recommended by global health organizations to combat the spread of Covid-19? How can they develop adaptive responses to encourage positive health attitudes and adherence to preventive measures? In the light of the previously proposed and presented ideas about the concept of media, the concept of health awareness and the new Corona virus 2019 concept, the problem of the study can be identified by posing the following problems: In the light of the spread of the (Covid-19) virus in Iraq, the media's health awareness raising and global health crises. Is it possible to guess his positive role in the struggle? The study aims to investigate the level of awareness of the role of the media in light of the spread of the Covid-19 virus by: • To shed light on the extent of the media's contribution to raising awareness about the dangers of the Covid-19 virus. • To reveal the gender variable differences in the awareness levels of virus risks in Iraq. • Define the concepts and procedural definitions of variables • The following conclusions were reached in the study. • Various media organizations have an active role in raising public awareness about the dangers and methods of preventing Covid-19 in Iraq. • Iraqi satellite channels tried to spread health awareness through talk programs with experts to educate the masses. • Social networking sites had an active role in broad public awareness due to their capacity to deal with these ways.