information flows in the media.

On the Question of the Content of the Concept of ‘Leisure Journalism’

The article attempts to interpret an important segment of the activity of modern mass media – leisure journalism. To terminologically reveal this phenomenon, a comparative analysis of two social institutions – journalism and leisure – was first conducted to identify the functions of the latter that the mass media can perform. Such a simple logical operation made it possible to state the content of the term “leisure journalism”.