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infotainment, n. orig. U.S.|ɪnfəʊˈteɪnmənt|
Also info-tainment.
[f. *info- + entertainment n.; cf. *docutainment n.]
Broadcast material which seeks to inform and entertain simultaneously; information presented in an entertaining way.
1980R. A. Eisenberg in Phone Call Feb. 14/2 The telecommunications revolution is for real. The Age of Infotainment is upon us. The lives of all Americans are sure to be affected, if not dramatically changed. 1984Time 16 Jan. 75/3 Henry and Thomas played cheery, gee-whiz hosts of an ‘infotainment’ show infatuated with swirling graphics and inane charts. 1987Daily Tel. 4 Sept. 27/3 The Americans would call this ‘infotainment’ as Miller takes two singers through the last scene of La traviata. 1988Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 1 June 24/3 Channel 9 has finally announced the starting date of its latest TV experiment—the info-tainment show called Live at Five. 1990Marxism Today June 27 A much more widespread transformation of the ‘infotainment’ industries effected by the merger of what, within an earlier romantic ideology, were mutually opposed ‘commercial’ and ‘cultural’ values. |