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Definition of Infotainment
1. Noun. A film or TV program presenting the facts about a person or event.
Generic synonyms: Film, Flick, Motion Picture, Motion-picture Show, Movie, Moving Picture, Moving-picture Show, Pic, Picture, Picture Show
Derivative terms: Document, Documentary
Definition of Infotainment
1. Noun. A form of programming (cinematic, television, live action, etc.) that provides both information and entertainment; also known as soft news, the information in infotainment programming consists of mostly celebrity news and human drama. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Infotainment
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Infotainment
Literary usage of Infotainment
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. U. S. Industrial Outlook, 1994: Business Forecasts for 350 Industries (1994)
"US computer firms have concentrated on creating the products for this nascent,
but potentially lucrative, world infotainment market. ..."
2. Now Is Too Late 2: Survival in an Era of Instant News by Gerald R. Baron (2006)
"Print media is not at all immune from the infotainment trend. ... infotainment is
the natural consequence of aggressive competition for news audiences. ..."
3. The New Everyday: Views on Ambient Intelligenceby Emile H. L. Aarts, Stefano Marzano by Emile H. L. Aarts, Stefano Marzano (2003)
"Although it is difficult to predict in detail what a typical service package will
be like, it is likely to include a range of multimedia infotainment ..."
4. Hazard-Wise: Classroom Resources for Teachers on Natural Hazards & Disasters by Chris Dolan (1996)
"Disaster reporting has been described as 'infotainment' rather than news. ...
Would you describe Figure 1 as 'infotainment' or 'news' ..."
5. Design's Delight by Jan Van Toorn (2003)
"... responsible for the design policy of Rupert Murdoch's media multinational,
calls infotainment. Rs specialists, ше find ours élues increasingly ..."
6. Road Safety: Impact of New Technologies by OECD Staff, (Paris) Organisation for Economic Co-ope, Oecd, Working Group on Safety and Technology (2003)
"infotainment "infotainment" is a concept including functions, ... The risk level
depends on the type of infotainment and how much noise it creates. ..."
7. Lightness: the Inevitable Renaissance of Minimum Energy Structures by Adriaan Beukers, Ed van Hinte (2005)
"There are new services (eg media, infotainment/entertainment, electronic services),
old services (eg education, care, culture) and product/service ..."
8. Media and Democracy in South Africa by Jane Duncan, Mandla Seleoane (1998)
"If global trends take their course in South Africa, much of the next century's
media will be taken up with global entertainment or "infotainment" on the one ..."
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