Approaching the Media Theories’ Classifications

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Denis V. Dunas

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

e-mail: dunas.denis@smi.msu.ru

Section: Theory of Journalism and Media

The author of this article is suggesting to separate two main ways of mass media theories classification — according to the sphere of social/private life and according to the element of mass communication process as the object of scientific consideration. It is providing a possibility to indicate the universal way for classification of theories in the article as well.

Keywords: mass media theory, journalism theory, classification of mass media theories