About Mass Communication that Tames and Manipulates

The goal of the present article is to study the key notions of the mass media theory, political linguistics, journalism and other scientific and applied fields: information and mass communication. The phenomenon of information is considered in its two main forms: as any data or messages delivered to the recipient and as valuable knowledge, really nec-essary to an individual in their every-day and professional activity, as well as important for the formation and consolidation of their moral personality traits. The article defines the main types and kinds of information and explains the difference be-tween the communicative and instrumental behavior of its sender.В статье рассматриваются основные типы и виды информации, объясняются различия между коммуникативным и инструментальным поведением ее отправителя