Open AccessTYPOLOGY OF JOURNALISM GENRES: MODERN THEORETICAL DISCUSSIONS
Author(s) -
Serhii Shebelist
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
molodij včenij
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2313-2167
pISSN - 2304-5809
DOI - 10.32839/2304-5809/2020-85.1-28
Subject(s) - journalism , typology , politics , subject (documents) , sociology , epistemology , aesthetics , political science , media studies , computer science , art , law , philosophy , library science , anthropology
The subject of the current article is the transformation of journalism genres in recent decades. These changes take place under the influence of direct journalistic practice, globalization of the information space, socio-political processes and audience requests. The article considers academic discussions on the typology of journalism genres, draws attention to the criteria of genre differentiation on the basis of which distinguish informational, analytical and publicism genres, and presents modern approaches to typologies. It is proved that changes in the system of journalism genres take place due to the substitution of some samples with others. Found out that the degree of interaction may be different. The issues of interpenetration and intercorrelation of genres are analyzed. If in the first case it is a question of diffusion and overcoming of genre borders, in the second it is about a new structured formation. The author concludes that the transformation of journalistic genres is an objective and inevitable process conditioned by both internal (individual and editorial creative development) and external (political and economic) factors. Journalistic works are deprived of a clear genre attribution: informational can turn into analytical, analytical – into publicism. The blurring of genre canons, the mutual transition of genres leads to the fact that the purity of the genre loses its significance. In general, intercorrelation and interpenetration provide the mutual enrichment of the genre system which still remains relatively stable although it is currently under revision. Attempts to radically revise it, establish a new expanded genre division or mechanically transfer foreign classifications to domestic practice do not always bring the expected result. Therefore, discussions about which genre niche a text belongs to, what is it (genre, form or style?) are still ongoing. Today the concept of “genre” is quite relative. Its vision as a historically formed category is reconsidered due to the inclusion of elements of different genres in the journalistic work.