Lexical and stylistic features of informational genres of regional online media texts

The article analyzes lexical and stylistic features of informational genres of media texts published in regional online media. The author emphasizes that regional online media are represented by different groups of genres (analytical, belles-lettres and publicistic ones); however, the core of the media content is made by informational genres. It is related to the specific features of Internet communication and the need to promptly provide information via online media. The data for the research are news stories, interviews and reports chosen as the most frequently published on the websites of different online media (television stations, radio stations, newspapers and news agencies). The analysis of lexical and stylistic features of informational genres of media texts allows to identify language and lexical means and to evaluate the use of the word in a particular speech context. The article represents the lexical layer of basic informational genres implemented in modern Internet communications.