Mykhailіuta O. The entertainment component of modern Ukrainian socio-political magazines.

The thesis examines the entertainment component in modern Ukrainian social and political magazines ("Ukrayins'kyy tyzhden", "Krayina", "Fokus" and "Korrespondent"). Entertainment materials have been found in all the analysed magazines. The phenomenon of entertainment component is studied through the prism of social communications in the context of postmodernism culture. The study has determined the criteria for entertainment component in the press and presented its definition and classification. In particular, entertainment in the press is comprised of satirical and non-satirical components. The study has established the important social and recreational value of the entertainment component in the press. Finally, the research has analysed the reaction of the satirical component to social and political events in Ukraine in late 2013 - early 2014.