Under the patronage and guidance of the Dean of the College of Computer Science and Information Technology, Dr Muwaffaq Kazim Al-Hasnawi, the Media Division held a seminar on the role of the media in influencing the individual and society on Tuesday, 22/10/2024, in which Assistant Professor Hussein Saleh Manakhour and Assistant Professor Ahmed Ali Abdul Sharar lectured on several topics, including the functions of media in general, types of media and how they affect the individual and society positively and negatively, the role of educational institutions in teaching media criticism and how to develop media in a manner appropriate to the values of society and its culture, in addition to constructive media criticism.