Politics and Law of the European Union: the Modernization of the Definition of the Media, because of Their Penetration into the Electronic Environment

Abstract

This article analyzes political and legal experience of the European Union on upgrading the concept of the media in connection with the electronic system of interaction between modern society and the state. Current Russian legislation establishes the concept of "the CE-network edition". If clarification or further development of categorical apparatus, when the legal regulation of social relations on the Internet the experience of the European Union can be taken into account. The article defines and describes these criteria as "objective", "editorial control", "outreach and extension", "intention to act as the media" and "public expectation".