RELAXATION FUNCTION OF ENTERTAINMENT JOURNALISM
Analyzes the scope of mass media entertainment in the functional aspect. Alongside with the function of entertainment and education it is invited to consider relaxation function of leisure-time products of the mass media. Since one of the objectives of the mass media is substantive content of mass audience leisure time, when creating works of journalism (in printed or electronic mass media) clear understanding of the aim, the demand of the addressee directed at satisfaction for qualitative rest is important. Based upon the psychological research the functional characteristics of relaxation have been revealed, which are found in qualitative mass media product: function of "support" is understood as the increasing importance of other functions of leisure; function of "respite" is expressed in a disconnect from costly communication; extensive field of relaxation is humor, which since the beginning of cultural history has had the function of liberation. Reveals the analogy of "pure relaxation" with recreational space as a function of the total variety of environments in which a person selects the type of leisure-time environment to meet the needs of the moment. It is concluded that the relaxation function of the mass media is a necessary component of the mass media functional structure, but not implemented in "pure form". It is found in materials of all leisure media and acts as a collateral result.