Mass media in culture and society: from the history of cultural thought
The article examines a number of mass media theories related to the period preceding the Internet revolution. In the conditions of digital culture, the information space is a set of different media resources, technologies, texts in which traditional media continue to occupy a significant place, as shown by the socio-cultural practice of recent years, with its information wars, the production of fakes and the inconsistency of information. Turning to a number of theories of the mass media of the past years helps to understand both the mechanisms of media production and functioning, as well as their cultural and social meanings.