Media Research as a Field of Science: Define the Boundaries of the Subject of Research

Section: Essay

The article examines the current problem associated with the formation of the terminological apparatus and subject area of media studies as a new field of science. Here we examine the situation in media linguistics, which is characterized by a high degree of uncertainty caused by the increased arbitrariness of word usage due to the wide access of the population to the Internet space, which has opened up for the modern person. The author of the article sees the possibility of resolving this problem in a thorough study of the basic concepts of media studies and those factors that form the subject of study of this field of science. There are two main sections of the article. chapters, one of which analyzes the key terms of this field of science, the other examines the factors shaping its subject area and identifies areas to be studied. The main research tool is a table with the help of which the characteristics of the media industry as a polystructural system, which has become the subject of study for media studies, are determined and research zones are established. corresponding to certain structural layers of the media industry. The article concludes with conclusions proposed by the author as the basis of the concept of media studies – a scientific field consisting of at least ten relatively independent areas of study, each of which requires consideration of its past, present and future, as well as a discussion of key postulates and terms.

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To cite this article: Luzutina G. V. (2024) Mediavedenie kak sfera nauki: k opredeleniyu granits predmeta issledovaniy [Media research as a field of science: define the boundaries of the subject of research]. Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta. Seriya 10. Zhurnalistika 4: 92–106. DOI: 10.30547/vestnik.journ.4.2024.92106