Wikipedia foundation.
infotainment — in‧fo‧tain‧ment [ˌɪnfəʊˈteɪnmənt ǁ foʊ ] noun [uncountable] information which is given on television, a computer etc in an entertaining way: • Television infotainment programs have won huge audiences. * * * infotainment UK US /ˌɪnfəʊˈteɪnmənt/… … Financial and business terms
infotainment — Infotainment is a mixture of instructional and entertainment material. Multimedia encyclopedias or interactive CD ROMs are sold as educational material for children. Adults question the intellectual rigour in material deliberately aimed at… … Encyclopedia of contemporary British culture
infotainment — 1983, from INFO (Cf. info ) + ENTERTAINMENT (Cf. entertainment) … Etymology dictionary
infotainment — first recorded in the US in the 1980s, means ‘broadcast material that seeks to inform and entertain’. It belongs to a group of media related portmanteau words of the late 20c: see also docudrama … Modern English usage
infotainment — [in΄fō tān′mənt] n. [< INFO(RMATION) + (ENTER)TAINMENT] television programming of news and information, as about celebrities, presented in a dramatic or sensational style … English World dictionary
Infotainment — For the Pitchshifter album, see Infotainment?. Infotainment is information based media content or programming that also includes entertainment content in an effort to enhance popularity with audiences and consumers. [1] It is a neologistic… … Wikipedia
Infotainment — Unter Infotainment (aus dem Englischen: information und entertainment) versteht man den Teil eines Medienangebotes, bei dem die Rezipienten gezielt sowohl informiert als auch unterhalten werden sollen. Der Begriff bezieht sich vor allem auf… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Infotainment? — Infobox Album Name = Infotainment? Type = studio Artist = Pitch shifter Released = May 7, 1996 Recorded = Sep 26, 1995 Nov 21, 1995 Genre = Industrial metal Length = 39:07 Label = Earache Records Producer = Reviews = Last album = Remix War (1995) … Wikipedia
Infotainment — In|fo|tain|ment 〈[ tɛın ] n. 15; Rundfunk, TV〉 Mischung aus informativen u. unterhaltenden Beiträgen [verkürzt <Information + Entertainment] * * * In|fo|tain|ment [… teɪnmənt , …mɛnt], das; s [aus ↑ Information u. ↑ Entertainment] ( … Universal-Lexikon
infotainment — [[t]ɪ̱nfoʊte͟ɪnmənt[/t]] N UNCOUNT Infotainment is used to refer to radio or television programmes that are intended both to entertain people and to give information. The word is formed from information and entertainment … English dictionary
