Media convergence through the eyes of russian journalists-experts

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Ekaterina A. Baranova

PhD degree seeking student at the Chair of Media Theory and Economics, Faculty of Journalism, Moscow, Russia

e-mail: kat-journ@yandex.ru

Section: New Media

20 persons — mainly web-editors of popular editions, business, politics and specialized newspapers from 17 Russian publishing houses and from RIA news agen­cy — have taken part in the expert survey. The results of survey ware carried out during Summer 2009. The survey results reported in this article indicate the develop­ment of media convergence process in Russia.

Keywords: media convergence process, media integration, multimedia, web-department