Topic as the Genre-Determining Factor for Commercial and State-Owned News Channel Content (Based on CNN and «Rossiya 24» News Channels)
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Karine V. Chobanyan
PhD degree seeking student at the Chair of Media Theory and Economics, Faculty of Journalism, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
e-mail: kchobanyan@gmail.comSection: Television and Radio
The article studies possible connection between the topic of a news story and the choice of its genre. Using comparative analysis the author researches thematic preferences of the American and Russian versions of 24-hour news TV-channels, explores the connection between content and genre choice and offers genre-and- topic formulae.