News genres: realization of the model of conflict and cooperative types of discourse

The paper is devoted to the analysis of conflict and cooperative discourse models’ realization on the basis of news genres. The models under analysis are viewed as cluster models including axiological, genre and stylistic, linguistic and pragmatic constituent parts. The following components are the most relevant ones for news genres: functions and values, genre and stylistic unit, strategies and tactics. While analyzing the first component of the models under discussion it is appropriate to divide the functions into those belonging to the news-makers and to the target audience. In the second component of the described models (genre and stylistic) the author differentiates such functions of the news headline as informing, non-evaluating statement of facts, inviting the target audience to reflect upon the latest events. News being conflict by nature gives rise to the main strategy - confrontational - and appropriate tactics: accusation, threat, criticism, deprecation and reproach. It is while noting that there are also cooperative tactics: suggestion, advice and request.