Abstract:
This research is aimed to investigate whether there is a certain objective arrangement of television programs by the Government as well as by each television station. If so, in what manner and whether it is agreeable to the regular presentation by each station, whether it has a positive impacts on T.V. viewers, accordingly. It will further investigate the viewers varied interests in and their opinion on quality of such programs. Finally, real impacts on the viewers will be studied. The instrument for data collection is primarily a set of questionnaires. Population of this study consists of 283 T.V. viewers who are in both public and private sectors. Percentagization will be a primary tool for statistical analysis. It is found that the government puts an emphasis on political and governmental aspects and each stations objectives are fundamentally agreeable to them. However, the regular presentation is not thoroughly so. Impacts on the viewers as intended by the Government are varied by sex, age, educational level, and socio-economic status, but are not so by residence. The choice of program is related to sex, age, socio-economic status, and residence, but unrelated to educational level. Opinions on the quality of the programs is related to educational level and residence, but unrelated to sex, age and socio-economic status. Impacts on health of the viewers is significantly related to educational level, socio-economic status, but unrelated to sex, age and residence. No relationship is found on social relations by sex, age educational level, socio-economic status and residence. As to political and governmental impacts some relations is found by age, educational level, socio-economic status, but found unrelated by sex and residence. Economic impact is found on educational level, socio-economic status, but not so by sex, age and residence. No relation is found in cultural impact by the studied variables, however.