MEDIATIZATION OF SCIENCE ON THE EXAMPLE OF THE JOURNAL “INFORMATION AGE” (ONLINE EDITION)

Abstract

The period when each educational institution published collections of articles of its employees or conference proceedings, the content of which was known only to the participants of these conferences, has ended. Higher educational institutions have come to understand that this state of affairs does not develop science. For the wide dissemination of results of their scientific activity, it is necessary to disseminate them. In the modern period, this is possible through the media. However, the media audience is heterogeneous. Specialized magazines that passed state registration began to appear. Following them, electronic publications began to appear, defined in the theory of journalism as new media. In fact, mediatization of science is taking place. This article attempts to analyze the process of mediatization of science on the example of the dynamics of content and research of the journal “Information Age” (online edition). The data on the geographical and species structure, as well as the forms of distribution of the online publication and the format of work with authors are analyzed. The content analysis of the information content of the journal is carried out, the thematic content is considered, conclusions are drawn about the purpose of the online publication in the field of journalism education.