THE ORIGINS AND CIRCUMSTANCES OF TRANSFORMATION OF PRESS BODIES INTO A SINGLE MECHANISM OF PUBLIC OPINION FORMATION IN RUSSIA AT THE BEGINNING OF THE XX CENTURY

Abstract

In the article the author has tried to jus-tify the point of view that it was in the early twentieth century that the press started to get used for the formation of public opinion.

Keywords

• the press, public opinion, communication, agitation, propaganda, press agency, socio-political conditions