This text depicts the current state of affairs in the French media historiography concentrating on the 20th century. It describes the way the most important pieces of work of this subject area were created: beginning with the history of the press, continuing with the history of radio broadcasting and television and also overall history of media which encompasses also new media and then further mentioning the field of marketing communication, public relations etc.
By the use of analysis of different approaches to the history the author tries to find the common periodic milestones and discern certain topics which are discussed repeatedly or with a particular attention.