“…The choice of mediated content is influenced by various factors, such as: the entertainment function beside of information, as well as the pursuit of the profit of media companies, which limits the content unfavourable for advertising, the content that does not encourage purchase and is not interesting for potential buyers, as well as the global concentration of media ownership which allows to transmit news in a variety of media and in a variety of ways (Berry, Wharf-Higgins & Naylor, 2007;McManus, 2002;Gamson et al, 1992;Bagdikian, 1990). Understanding this specificity of media encourages researchers to critically evaluate the analyzed content, especially because the content that is being mediated does not yet provide knowledge on how it is perceived and accepted by audience, as the latter has limited possibilities to participate in creation of media content, particularly in respect to the largest news websites in Lithuania (Stonkiene, Supa, Janiuniene, 2018).…”