Professional reflection and values of media professionals
The features of journalists' professional identity, in which there is a tendency contrasting themselves to audiences, are considered in this article. Adjusting to the execution of a particular social purpose, which is characterized by certain theatricality, journalists often display an exaggerated sense of self worth, and at the same time desire to shift responsibility for the content on other media, including the audience. There are contradictory requirements for the journalist personality and his work in the community