Contradictions in Comprehension of Audiovisual Mass Media

Section: Discussion

The goal of the article is to establish a set of contradictions in the history and theories of audiovisual mass media. The comparative analysis is applied to the numerous scientific papers, textbooks, encyclopedic editions, etc., revealing a problem of interpretation of basic concepts in domestic science, distortions in interdisciplinary approach, historiographic gaps, deficiency of reference books on domestic TV. Value of the concept “audiovisual” is emphasized; the cinema, TV, radio, computer systems are considered as means which historically have been used by journalism, but they aren‘t identical to it. Relevance of article is stipulated by the project of creation of “The Encyclopedic Dictionary on Journalism”.