Media Language between Language Development and National Identity

(Satellite Channels as Model)

Abstract

This research is an excerpt from one of the chapters of a PhD thesis entitled (Language policy and its plan in the media - Kurdish satellite channels in the Kurdistan region as a model). In this research we tried to shed light on the problems related to the use of language in satellite channels, because most researchers agree that a language The media is the fourth authority, and satellite channels are among the most important and influential channels in the field of media. It is one of the sensitive areas in embodying the linguistic reality, despite the fact that satellite channels have a positive aspect in that it is an important means for the spread of language throughout the world, and it also contributes to modernizing the lexicon of language and preserving the unity of the language and the method of writing and keeping it circulating among people. It has its downsides if the language does not have a well-planned use. We assume that the use of the Kurdish language in satellite channels faces many problems, especially because there is no complete agreement about the use of the standard language and the standard writing method, or a specific alphabet. I hope we can diagnose the causes behind these problems.