Issues of the Interview Genre in Contemporary Media Space

The purpose of the research is to investigate the problems of the genre in modern media discourse. Research methodology. When writing a scientific article, research methods are used: analysis and synthesis (analyzed and systematized the work of the interview genre have been analyzed and systematized), a comparative method (parallels of interviews in the world and Ukraine have been made), generalization and systematization (summarizing has been made due to practical knowledge and work with diverse literature). Scientific novelty. This article is relevant today, despite the huge number of ready-made materials and articles. Scientific work will help to understand the essence of conducting one of the most complex genres of information journalism and will demonstrate the problems of interviews in Ukraine. Conclusions. During the study of the interview genre in the modern media space, the problems of the interview genre were analyzed through scientific works. It has been established that interviews are a special genre in modern media discourse that helps to reveal or create something completely new and show another angle of the interlocutor. Being one of the leading genres on television, the interview makes a significant contribution to the growth of popularity in a modern environment on the leading channels of the country. Psychological factors have been disclosed, which contribute to the success of communication with a guest; potential problems, the main difficulties faced by the interviewer have been outlined. It has been proved that during the conversation, important moments that turn into information are revealed. The fact that in modern information space, especially in Ukrainian media, there is a lack of qualification of leaders during interviews, is accentuated. Based on them, we summarized the main problems and features of the interview genre. As a result, while working with the article, we have made a conclusion about the main problems of the genre on modern television