revue algerienne des études sociologiques
Volume 1, Numéro 1, Pages 35-60
2006-01-24

سوسيولوجيا القائم بالاتصال

الكاتب : محمد قيراط .

الملخص

The communicator plays an important and strategic role in society as a disseminator of news and infomation and as a driving force in molding and making public opinion. This article looks at the sociology of the communicator through the various and different studies conducted in different countries in the world on the educational background, sociodemographic characteristïcs, professiona] and ethical values, and working conditions of the joumalists. The study discusses the dimension of the communicator in the communication process, the need for the study of the sociology of the communicator, and the communicator in mass media research and studies. The article exposes future trends in mass communicators studies represented by the organizational trend- the study of the media system; the output trend - the study of the content of media products; the audience trend-the study of the receivers; the communicator as a driving force trend-the study of the role ofjoumalist in society as a statusquo agent or as an agent of change, and lastly the socio-economic and political environmental trend- the study of the socio-economic, political, social, and cultual milieu in which the joumalist operates.

الكلمات المفتاحية

سوسيولوجيا، الاتصال، القائم بالاتصال، الرأي العام