infotainment
ഇൻഫോടെയ്ൻമെന്റ്
definition
noun
Information and documentation, in the hand of corporate interests in TV-land, have become practices of the past, easily replaced by infotainment and broadcast excuses for advertising spots.
broadcast material that is intended both to entertain and to inform.
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In TV, we've seen the growth of 'infotainment' formats blending entertainment and informational aspects of media consumption.
When pornography is commercialized as 'infotainment' , it is bought and sold in the entertainment market on the Internet, proprietarily commoditized for its consumers.
They renewed my hope that our profession has not sunk completely into a morass of 'infotainment' journalism that serves to prop up corporate ownership and pop culture.
With the rise of the mass media, the very processes of cultural activity and conversation has been turned into commodity: current affairs, elite sport, soap operas, 'infotainment' .
We've all complained about creeping 'infotainment' , media concentration, the lack of serious investigative TV, the tabloid nature of the magazine shows and on and on.
In consequence, elements of 'infotainment' have entered news programming and viewers demand a faster pace and fewer ‘talking heads'.
These films would provide good quality Hollywood entertainment and 'infotainment' .
With society becoming increasingly depoliticised and 'infotainment' consuming a greater slice of the news cake, even our desire for the truth is debatable.
Information and documentation, in the hand of corporate interests in TV-land, have become practices of the past, easily replaced by 'infotainment' and broadcast excuses for advertising spots.
Digitised content is all about 'infotainment' - films, television, and media more generally.
New lows may have been plumbed in 'infotainment' or entertainment but they constituted commercial highs.
This has resulted in the commercial news media offering more and more 'infotainment' , with the aim of attracting and keeping an audience.
As you said, let's not idealize the history of American journalism, but there was a time, as some listeners pointed out, when news wasn't 'infotainment' .
Call it 'infotainment' , edutainment or entertainment, everything is available at the venue.
It is, after all, the Internet - a heady mixture of commerce, education, 'infotainment' , tricksters, agendas, games and entertainment.
When Americans begin to think of us as profit-making centers and vehicles for 'infotainment' , they're not receptive to arguments about protecting free press.
A plethora of entertainment, 'infotainment' , sports and news channels have gone on air in this period.
We can't escape the ever-increasing waves of advertising, 'infotainment' , fluff and mayhem that hit us at every turn.
Located in the wine and beer section, for example, the screens might provide 'infotainment' about things like grape types, the latest harvest, and wine specials on sale in the store.
Maybe they realized they were ignorant of the world they live in, partly because television networks have been steadily replacing international news coverage with 'infotainment' and reality shows.
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