Abstract
The study of media history is one of the fields in the media studies and there is a variety of courses in the field at the universities such as history of journalism, history of broadcasting and history of mass communication. Although the study has been traditionally popular among researchers, from my point of view, it could not be said that its approach is systematised, especially in Japan. In this essay I would like to review the recent trend of the studies of media history in Japan, and present three viewpoints in attempt to develop and systematise the field of media history in future.
