[*] Russian media could largely ensure economic growth. But they did not provide. The media did not take on the role that they usually play in economically successful countries. However, this is not all. Russian media not only abandoned this role. They actually acted as a negative economic force that impedes growth. It may seem like a harsh media sentence. However, in the defense of the media, I must note that neither one nor the other was the fault of the media themselves. Who is to blame then?

The history of journalism is inextricably linked with the development of communication, human communication. Herald, the messenger served tribal interests. The slave -owning empires created a mail system that served the interests of the rulers of the Roman Empire and the Caliphate to manage subjects and exchange information.

[IN. V. Bervi-Flerovsky]. Freedom of speech, tolerance and our laws on the press. St. Petersburg, 1869. It’s so sad to talk about all this that I would never open my mouth if I had a fear for the future of my homeland in an implacable stimulus in me [1] . The book was published in 1869 and gained very popularity: it was reprinted twice during the same year, and then in 1870 and in 1872.

G. A. Golts. The culture and economics of Russia for three centuries, the XVIII -XX centuries. T. 1. Mentality, transport, information (past, present, future). Novosibirsk, 2002. 535 p. On the path of knowledge of society, effective management, an obstacle that increases over time arises - its complication, multiplication of its parts. This inevitably stimulates the desire of those who are associated with this or part of society with their life, to consider themselves as carriers of the whole.

They say that Osip Emilievich Mandelstam once lowered a colleague from the stairs, who came to complain that his poems were not printed. - Did you print Christ? - shouted after the expelled guest angry Mandelstam, standing on the upper platform of the stairs. - And the Buddha was printed?! Mandelstam's indignation is quite understandable.

Jean Delumo. Sin and fear: the formation of guilt in the civilization of the West (XIII - XVIII centuries) / Per. with French. I. B. Itkin, E. E. Lamina, E. I. Lebedeva, A. G. Pazelskaya, ed. D. E. Kharitonovich. Yekaterinburg: Publishing House of the Ural University, 2003. 752 p.

My grandfather, Solntsev Gabriel Ivanovich, died in 1987, not having lived until his ninety -first birthday. He wrote his memories in the seventies, being a pensioner. The tracking list is as follows. In 1926, as a student of MTU (now MSTU named after Bauman), he came to work in the TsAGs by a draft designer.

Last December, the Kazus was released with the New York Times. It was connected with the Russian oil industry, but - as often happens - the oil industry turned out to be only the most striking example of a broader trend - they write little and casually about Russia. When in December the Russian government sold Slavneft for a weighty amount of $ 1.86 billion, New York Times printed an article with a detailed description of the circumstances and winners of the auction.

[1] 1. The world of theories 1.1. "Personal knowledge" and replication of theories The social world can be considered as many theories produced and learned by interacting people [2] . Theories are typized thinking/judgment/action schemes for solving typical problems in typized situations. The combination of theories learned by the individual forms “ personal knowledge ”, which is subjective.

Obvious enemies of objectivity: business and politics In 1948, American sociologists Robert Merton and Paul Lazarsfeld, who studied the influence of mass communication on voters' behavior, wondered: “Why are the problems of mass communication receive such a violent resonance? Why is such attention attracted to the problems of radio, cinema, presses and so small to problems, for example, cars and aircraft?

Mikhail Kozhokin, editor -in -chief of the newspaper Izvestia, answers the questions of Dmitry Volkov. Are national media preserved in Russia, and if so, what are their tasks? Let's agree - we are talking about print media. In modern Russia, nationwide media are, first of all, daily newspapers, which are distributed day a day in most constituent entities of the Russian Federation. There are four such newspapers now: Komsomolskaya Pravda, Trud, Rossiyskaya Gazeta and Izvestia.

Freedom of speech is considered almost a self -sufficient institution that ensures the work of the social feedback mechanism. The logic standing behind this is extremely simple. If there is freedom of speech, there is an opportunity to convey to society information about its diseases and problems, and this is the first and necessary step towards their treatment.

Clarification of the concept There are two main approaches to the study of the socio-economic structure. Firstly, the so-called “Grading approach”, or classical theory of social stratification. Its subject is socio-economic layers (strata). The layers differ in the degree of the presence of certain social and economic features (for example, income, property, prestige, education, etc.). Typical for this approach is the division of society into higher, middle and lower layers.

Brian Six. Seven daughters of Eve / Per. from English. E. Ya. Migunova. M.: Ripol Classic, 2003. 304 p. (Universe). The playful name and a bright glossy cover with a naked Eve against the background of a space landscape are possible, perhaps, scare away a serious reader. Advertising slogan on the cover “Opening! How to find your genetic ancestor? " It also does not inspire much trust.

Dear readers! The issue of “Domestic Notes” that you are holding in your hands, apparently, least of all corresponds to the principle of encyclopedicism that we have adopted in covering the chosen topics. Firstly, because the subject we are exploring in this case does not seem to even have a precise definition.