Place of internet resources in the system of islamic mass media in Russia

Abstract

The author analyzes role and place of religious mass media in information field of Russian federation. Using the examples from Tatar periodicals given the author demonstrates the formation and development of Tatar journalism, growing significance of Islamic internet-resources in modern media space. The activity of main general federal information-analytical websites is considered and specialized websites for Moslems is analyzed, the main thematic focuses of these resources are described. © IDOSI Publications, 2014.