MASS MEDIA AND CIVIL SOCIETY DURING PERESTROIKA

This article retrospectively analyzes the history of the Institution of the right of appeal of citizens, which has passed a long way of development and formed as one of the main elements of the legal status of an individual and a democratic state in the developed countries of the world, on the example of our country. The role of mass media in dealing with citizens' appeals during the period of perestroika, their role in the disclosure of current problems in society is investigated.