Infotainment (Television programs)
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Infotainment (Television programs)
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- Work cat: 2018031587 Ergül, H. Popularizing Japanese TV, 2018:CIP data view (examines the ways that infotainment works in Japanese society; began in the 1980s, it has come to refer to certain television genres, such as quiz programs, sports-magazine programs, competitions, variety programs, talk-shows, "how-to" programs, and, more recently, news/factual programs)
- Merriam-Webster online, viewed Sept. 27, 2018:(Infotainment: a blend of "information" and "entertainment" first appeared in the early 1980s)
- Cambridge English dictionary online, viewed Sept. 27, 2018:(Infotainment: in television, the reporting of news and facts in the entertaining and humorous way rather than providing real information; increasingly, it is information that is provided on television, the internet, etc. in an entertaining way)
- Oxford dictionaries online, viewed Sept. 27, 2018:(Infotainment: broadcast material which is intended both to entertain and to inform; origin: 1980s (originated in the US)a blend of information and entertainment)
- Techopedia, viewed Sept. 27, 2018:(Infotainment: a type of media that tries to combine educational or useful information and entertaining content. Usually refers to televised news content and is considered a disparaging word because it implies a contrast in quality and respectability between tyis type of content and true news)
Wikipedia description:
Infotainment, a portmanteau of information and entertainment, is a type of media, usually television or online, that provides a combination of information and entertainment. The term may be used disparagingly to devalue infotainment or soft news subjects in favor of more serious hard news subjects. Infotainment-based websites and social media apps gained traction due to their focused publishing of infotainment content, e.g. BuzzFeed. It is also called soft news as a way to distinguish it from serious journalism or hard news.
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