THE ROLE OF PRESS IN DEVELOPING THE ENVIRONMENTAL LITERACY AMONG SECTIONS OF THE PUBLIC FROM KURDISTAN REGION-IRAQ | ||||
Journal of Environmental Science | ||||
Article 19, Volume 44, Issue 1, December 2018, Page 425-454 PDF (560.35 K) | ||||
Document Type: Review Article | ||||
DOI: 10.21608/jes.2018.34346 | ||||
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Authors | ||||
Shaker, Ikhter, A.1; Abdel Messeih, A. S.2; Ali, R. K.3 | ||||
1The Relations and Information Department, Ministry of Culture and Youth, Kurdistan Province, Iraq | ||||
2Institute of Environmental Studies Research, Ain shams University | ||||
3Faculty of Information, Salahaldin University In Arbil Kurdistan, Iraq | ||||
Abstract | ||||
The study aimed to analyze the environmental issues in some Kurdish newspapers in Kurdistan, as well as the effectiveness of the press to address the issues and environmental issues on the development of the environmental enlightenment of the readers. Therefore, the researchers prepared a form to analyze the content of some newspapers sample study, The Huller-Kordestani-Noe Journal was analyzed between January 2015 and December 2015, and the Environmental Enrichment Scale was applied before and after reading the environmental issues imported in the two study journals. The study sample was 30 persons. The researchers used descriptive and semi-experimental approaches. The researchers found that there was a difference in the interest of the newspapers in the study sample on environmental issues. There were also statistically significant differences in the scores obtained by the study sample members in the environmental enlightening scale in some environmental issues before and after the study sample was subjected to a sample written by the newspapers. Which indicates the difference in the effectiveness of newspapers in the development of environmental enlightenment to readers. The researchers recommended that the Kurdish newspapers should deal with the effective treatment of environmental issues, which is reflected in the environmental degradation of the readers. | ||||
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