LTReikšminiai žodžiai: Laisvalaikis; Problematika; Laikas; Tyrimai; Poilsis; Kultūrinė veikla; Televizijos laidos; Bendravimas; Leisure time; Problematic; Time; Researches; Recreation; Cultural activities; Television; Communication.
ENFree time is a significant part of people’s way of life. The analysis carried out in this study presents the sociology of leisure, its problems and character. The sociological investigations of free time in Lithuania were taking place both with studies of work, cultural and social activities of people. The variuos aspects of leisure have been researched in relation with the study of time use during the period from 1969 to 1989 conducted by the scientists of Vilnius, Kaunas, Šiauliai. They tried to investigate the pecularities and changes of leisure structure of the social groups of Lithuanian population. The studies include the analysis of such aspects of free time, as recreation, consumption, communication, cultural activities. The author makes survey of the problems, meanings and ideas presented in the works on leisure by A. Mitrikas, G. Matulienė, J. Leonavičius, A. Kličius. [From the publication]