The Plurality of Media Discourse and its Reflection on Societal Peace and the of National Identity

Abstract

This research aims at knowing the changes that took place in Iraq as a result of the change of the political regime and its reflection on Iraqi reality at the social,political ,security and  mass media aspects alongside the emergence of new phenomena in the society the most conspicuous of which are the retreat of whole national identity and the rise of  sub-identities represented by sectarianism and religion,nationality and regionalism which has lead to the emergence of a state of conflict and dispute and  the competition among powers dominating the political scene which has reflected in its turn on  both social and media situations  contributing  effectively and actively to  splitting societal and civil peace because mass media and communication in all their various forms and types disseminated fully-fledged  negative means which sought to cancel the other one and deepen the gap within  a society which continued to live cases of tolerance and hatred,stillness and co-existence while internal and external factors exploiting the means of communication and plurality in their discourse had the deepest impact in cultivating the germs of disunity and infighting among the citizens of the society which was characterized by diversity and difference . For the sake of achieving the  objective of research,the researcher adopted the descriptive  and and analytical approach and in view of that, the research arrived at many findings relating  to reasons some of which are historical and social while others relate to the American occupation and regional and international interventions in addition to the negative role of mass media in an era which was characterized by fragility and failure in the various aspects of life .This has reflected in the decline of the unity of  the national identity:a matter which requires offering a number of solutions and suggestions that could contribute to keeping Iraq off division and disintegration.