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The research attempted to determine the extent of the influence of the official Mauritanian media (radio and television) on local public opinion, through a field study that adopted a descriptive approach with analysis of data based on an opinion poll about listeners in more than one region of Mauritania for this media outlet, both audio and visual. Based on these field data, the study concluded the importance of the programs and materials provided by these two media in forming and directing national public opinion. It also revealed at the same time the possibility of doubling this role, despite the decline in the interest of a vital segment of society (youth) in following radio and television channels in general. Especially the official one. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article aims to let the reader know the emergence and path of Mauritanian public media, its and the most prominent stages it went through. The article began by talking about Mauritanian Radio as the first media station the country knew during independence, and it constituted a prominent event in the process of nationalizing the country's sovereignty, extending influence over its lands, and creating self-sufficiency in Managing its facilities and managing its affairs on its own, despite the difficult circumstances and many challenges. The article also touched on the circumstances surrounding the emergence of audiovisual media through what was known at the time as Mauritanian television, despite its relatively late appearance, highlighting the most important stages and obstacles that accompanied the project and its development at the present time. The article touched on the path of the emergence of the Mauritanian News Agency, which publishes the most important media newspapers written in Arabic and French. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The research deals with the role of the official Mauritanian media (radio and television) in supporting development issues, through a field study that adopted a descriptive approach with an analysis of data based on opinion polls about listeners in more than one region of Mauritania for this media outlet, both audio and visual. The study chose two programs: Face to Face and In the People's Balance, because they are among the most important and most successful radio and television programs that interact with listeners and viewers. They are also among their most published programs, as they continued to be published regularly for several consecutive years, in addition to being among their most popular programs and the closest to citizens in presentation and interaction. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Mauritanian written press has gone through several stages during its historical journey and has not been isolated from the political situation of the country, but has been subject to its perception of what His Majesty should be, since its appearance during the French colonization of the country, and after the creation of the national state in the sixties of the last century, passing through the period of the military regime before the declaration of political and media pluralism in the country in 1991 and the consequent dilution of the journalistic field, where the door was opened wide to excessive leniency in obtaining a press license, as well as some major obstacles, such as lack of funding, training and harassment of journalists. However, this did not prevent this press from playing at that time the role of watchdog over the executive power by awakening public opinion on the conduct of public affairs and by revealing many hidden social and political problems that the public opinion would not have been aware without the pioneering role of this written press. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]