infotainment
[in-fuh-teyn-muh nt]
- edutainment.
- television or radio programs that treat factual material in an entertaining manner, as by including dramatic elements.
- factual material that is both informative and entertaining.
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Origin of infotainment
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As a result, in the U.S., public opinion suffers from what we call “infotainment.”
The media mogul is thus one of the pioneers of the concept of “infotainment.”
infotainment
- (in television) the practice of presenting serious or instructive subjects in a style designed primarily to be entertaining
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Word Origin
C20: from info + (enter) tainment
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Word Origin and History for infotainment
n.
1983, from info- + entertainment.
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