The role of private Algerian television channels in shedding light on “shadow areas” An analytical study of a sample of episodes of program "The village" on Beur TV

Abstract

      Because of the increase of "shadow areas" in Algeria, as the President of the Republic called them, and making reducing them one of the basic tasks of the state, the coverage of these areas has become a priority of the Algerian media; Specifically, private television channels, and with this study we tried to identify the extent of these channels ’contribution to bearing this responsibility through the beur tv channel, which broadcasts a periodical program entitled“ The village ”expressing these remote areas.

      By analyzing the content of a number of episodes of the program, we concluded that the presenter of the program has succeeded to some extent in achieving the main goal of the program by conveying the reality in which these disadvantaged groups live and exposing it, as well as conveying their voices to the state to make it rush to find solutions to their problems. But his way  was not successful enough; which made the program seems more populist and comical... instead of being serious and professional in order to provide the required results or even being a famous program.