Media reality and its typology: social and philosophical analysis

The paper considers classifications of the social reality existing in humanitarian knowledge. It demonstrates that media reality is one of the types of social reality. The author presents types of media reality classification. Conclusions are made that media reality could not only serve as the source of social reality reconstruction, but is also able to shape it. Reasons of possible distortion in such a reconstruction are identified. These include lack of verifiability, ideologization and derealization, i.e. remoteness from real social life and media reality. A forecast is provided regarding the media reality development prospects.

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