In the framework of this article, the author sets a task to understand how much the influence of the media on the study of international relations is and via which mass media the influence is set on. More than that, the author also raises the question of how to perceive the information received. In the 21st century, not only the economy and politics are the main ways to influence people, the state and their associations. The mass media, along with the above, become one of the three "pillars" of foreign policy.