Media Industry in Russia as a Phenomenon beyond Statistics

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Sergey S. Smirnov

PhD in Philology, Senior Lecturer at the Chair of Media Theory and Economics, Faculty of Journalism, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia

e-mail: smirnov_s@rambler.ru

Section: Media Economics

The author studies the issues of identification and statistical control at Russian media enterprises. A wide range of legal problems which hinder research into the media industry as a whole, as well as the issues of the terminological apparatus in this field, are considered.

Keywords: media industry, media enterprise, mass media, control, systemic approach, classifier of economy branches