Program formats on modern regional television (on the example of the Stavropol TV channel SvoyeTV)

Today, the problem of format definition is one of the key issues both in the theory of television journalism and in professional reflection. This work provides an overview of the most indicative classifications of television formats. The authors of the article base their analysis on the typological approach of A. N. Dedov, according to which it is concluded that the editorial staff of the SvoyeTV channel, showing the “habitat” of Stavropol residents and creating the image of a local resident of the 21st century, in varying volumes and in different forms uses almost all the formats declared in the scientist’s typology - a TV magazine, a conversation, a story, a show, a life-to-tape. The article gives the formats’ characteristics: the features of the genres used are described; the dramatic design of the programs, thematic focus, methods and techniques of presenting information (life, lack of journalistic commentary, etc.) are indicated. The work notes that SvoyeTV television documentaries address culturally significant, historical and social topics, and are made in the format of a story. Such tools for creating authorial documentary projects as poeticization of the narrative, visual metaphor, narration in the form of “living history”, a special genre-stylistic narrative strategy in conveying the content are considered. The authors declare no conflicts of interests.

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