Специфика социальной структуры масс-медиа в социологической концепции П. Бурдье

Abstract

The article is devoted to the research of specifics of social structure of mass media in the sociological concept of the French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu. The relevance of the research is caused by the following: P. Bourdieu's works unite the theory and experiment, social criticism and social science; ideas and methods of research of P. Bourdieu have had a considerable impact on sociological science in many countries; the general theory of fields of P. Bourdieu, the conceptual scheme of a socioanalysis is applicable to the analysis of the Russian realities to the field of mass media, to the field of journalism. It is revealed that existence of journalistic microcosm is subordinated to own rules; it is determined by a line item in relation to the world around, the relations of attracting and pushing with other microcosms. "A set of the objective power relations constituting structure of the field" playsa special role (a market share, a level of credibility, popularity of the leading journalists). It is established that mass media in the modern society the main source of information, its importance in aspect of meaning formation and structuring social space is very essential.