Journalism theory in Russia

A collective monograph opens the book series "Petersburg School of Journalism and Mass Communications", prepared by scientists of St. Petersburg State University. The authors set themselves the task of observing and summarizing the material accumulated by theorists of journalism. What is the theory of journalism in Russia today? How is it related to world trends in the study of journalism and media sphere? What is its national-cultural originality? What topics and problems are developed especially intensively and sequentially? Who made the most noticeable contribution to the replenishment of scientific capital? What scientific problems have found an adequate solution and which are on the agenda? What ways will the theory of journalism move tomorrow and the day after tomorrow? The searches for these questions are devoted to chapters representing socio-philosophical, sociological, psychological, political, economic, philological sections of the Russian theory of journalism.
The book is intended for researchers of the theory and practice of journalism and mass communications, as well as a wide range of specialists of the social and humanitarian profile