infotainment
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- noun
- /ˌɪnfoʊˈteɪnmənt/
- Literature
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infotainment
- Yes, there are little bits and pieces of the truth in there, but you have to wade through an awful lot of "infotainment" to get to those bits and pieces.
- infotainment news
- infotainment entertainment
- morning infotainment
So because like your social media is like infotainment.
- So because like your social media is like infotainment.
- But when it comes to quirky infotainment sound things, we are not done yet.
- That's why if you can give them some like good infotainment dude, that's where it's at.
Examples
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Besides the normal thousand channels of infotainment, there were amateur rides, pub forums, hobby and special interest lines, two-way chat shows, and "Uncle Fred" showing slides of his blimp ride to Everest.
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The television show was a blend of infotainment, providing both news and engaging stories about celebrities.
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And it's like infotainment about how rich he is.
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Let us not forget that this is infotainment.
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If I want science news, I ask a scientist, not an infotainment pundit.
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Sadly, I rue the "infotainment" aspect of the news more.
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Right, there are no more real "news" programs—just infotainment.
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While giving coverage to the big stories of the day, we also bring our readers' attention to policy, politics, legal, and human rights stories that get ignored in an infotainment culture driven solely by pageviews.
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With our media degenerated to clownish infotainment, serious issues, serious discussion of them, and anger at injustice are things to be avoided or ridiculed.
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Magazines like Official Detective Stories, True Crime, True Detective, True Story, and Real were exemplary of this expanding "infotainment" market and assured readers that genuine heroes still patrolled the changing frontiers of American society.
Academic text (2015)
Synonyms
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Entertainment that teaches people while they enjoy it
A performance that teaches people while entertaining them
How Informative
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2.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
infotainment = information + entertainment (transparent) = info + tainment
The word is a clear blend of 'information' and 'entertainment', directly reflecting its meaning.
Etymology
Infotainment is a mix of information ('facts') and entertainment ('fun'). It names TV, radio, or online shows that give facts in an entertaining way, so they both 'inform' and 'amuse' you.