infotainment
n.
docutainment, television program that provides information in an entertaining way
Infotainment
Infotainment (a
portmanteau of information and entertainment) refers to a general type of
media broadcast
program which provides a combination of current events
news and "feature news", or "features stories".Infotainment also refers to the segments of programming in television news programs which overall consist of both "hard news" segments and interviews, along with celebrity interviews and human drama stories. Critics have claimed the combination of the two aspects is a
conflict of interest by corporate news outlets—focusing on marketing, not
journalism. The term "infotainment" thus may be a
pejorative among those who hold professional journalistic values in esteem. Infotainment should not be confused with
documentaries,
educational television, or
hard news programming. These go more in depth of the subjects they cover and can even provide classroom level instruction in areas such as mathematics, science, biology, or writing, etc.
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infotainment
Noun
1. a film or TV program presenting the facts about a person or event
(synonym) documentary, docudrama, documentary film
(hypernym) movie, film, picture, moving picture, moving-picture show, motion picture, motion-picture show, picture show, pic, flick