Media criticism and media literacy education have much in common. For example, media literacy education and media criticism attaches great importance to the development of analytical thinking audience. Indeed, one of the most important tasks of media literacy education is precisely to teach the audience not only to analyze media texts of any kinds and types, but also to understand the mechanisms of creation and functioning in society. Actually, the same is engaged in media criticism and, at the same time addressing both the professional and to the widest possible audience. That is why, in our opinion, is so important synthesis of media criticism and media literacy education. That is why it is so important debate on the role and functions of the media in society and analysis of media texts of different types and genres in classrooms of schools and universities.