Trends in Using Genres in Modern Russian Print Media

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Alexander A. Tertychniy

Doctor of Philology, Professor at the Chair of Periodical Press, Faculty of Journalism, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia

e-mail: tertaa@yandex.ru

Section: Modern Journalism: Subjects and Issues

In this article the author examines the usage of genres and the structure of the genre systems in Russian mass media. Besides, there is a description of the character and results of the interaction between the genre systems of Russian and Western mass media. In addition the author analyses a new development trend of genre sys­tems in Russian mass media.

Keywords: genre, genre system, mass media, Russia journalism, usage of genres and structures of genre systems in mass media