This monograph analyzes the theory and practice of media education and media literacy from Russian point of view. The book also includes the list of Russian media education literature and addresses of websites of the associations for media education. The research for creation of this the book was financial supported by the grant of the Target Federal program "Scientific and pedagogical manpower of innovation Russia" for 2009-2013 years within the bounds of the activity 1.1 "The conducting of scientific research by the collectives of Scientific- Education centers", "The conducting of scientific research by the collectives of Scientific-Education Centers in the field of psychology and pedagogics"; project "The analysis of the effectivity of the Russian Media Education Centers in comparison with the leading foreign centers". The research supervisor of the project is Prof. Dr. Alexander Fedorov.

Prof. Dr. Alexander Fedorov is the president of Russian Association for Media Education. He was a guest professor in Central European University (1998, 2006), Kassel (2000) and Mainz (2010) universities, Maison des sciences des homme, Paris (2002, 2009), Kennan Institute, Washington (2003), Humboldt University, Berlin (2005).