Abstract
The purpose of the study is to clarify the model of the qualitative inquiry according to the features of the media environment in the 21st century. The study focuses on the critical process of Edmund Feldman that became accepted as qualitative inquiry in the 20th century. In particular, interpretation in the critical process is the common point with fusion in qualitative inquiry. As a result of this study, the model of qualitative inquiry was positioned within the educational significance of art criticism in the media environment in the 21st century.
