Shevchenko A. Television coverage as inmutation instrument of reality perception by sentenced people.

The dissertation investigates the connection of sentenced to prison with the outside world by means of the mass media, particularly via television coverage. The above-mentioned connection is considered from the point of view of social communication, journalism, mass communication, sociology, penitentiary science within social and communication technologies and at this point the negative and positive impact of television coverage on the perception of the reality by sentenced men; the generalization of the problems on specific impact of television coverage on sentenced to imprisonment behavior formation, including the example of male prisoners is given. Television coverage as inmutation instrument of reality perception by sentenced to imprisonment is verified.