The article presents the results of research on the impact and role of media in society, the tasks of new media education and its components. The current situation in the field of teaching new media in the world, the main research areas of well-known schools of journalism and universities are studied. Examples of subjects, educational programs, as well as theoretical knowledge taught in undergraduate and master's degrees at reputable universities in the field of media in the USA and Europe are presented. It also studies the works in this field in Azerbaijan, the leading local universities and comparatively analyses them. The subjects taught at the Faculty of Journalism of Baku State University in connection with theoretical and practical problems and the main trends for the development of journalism are indicated. This study uses empirical and comparative analysis methods. The main goal of the paper is to study the world experience in the field of new media teaching and achieve the development of this sphere in Azerbaijan by applying the results and modern experience in media education (pp.111-120).