Infotainment

Infotainment (a portmanteau of information and entertainment),^[1] also called soft news as a way to distinguish it from serious journalism or hard news, is a type of media, usually television or online, that provides a combination of information and entertainment.^[2] The term may be used disparagingly to devalue infotainment or soft news subjects in favor of more serious hard news subjects.^[3]^[4] Infotainment-based websites and social media apps gained traction due to their focused publishing of infotainment content, e.g. BuzzFeed.^{[Notes 1]}^{[citation needed]}

^ "an extraordinary form of strategic internal communications" (infotainment.be) and historically accurate factoid collections (how-infotaining.com)

^ "the definition of infotainment". Dictionary.com.
^ Demers, David, "Dictionary of Mss Communication and Media Research: a guide for students, scholars and professionals," Marquette, 2005, p.143.
^ Merriam- Webster, The Cambridge Online Dictionary
^ Cambridge Online Dictionary

[5] "an extraordinary form of strategic internal communications" (infotainment.be) and historically accurate factoid collections (how-infotaining.com)

[dictionary.com-1] "the definition of infotainment". Dictionary.com.

[2] Demers, David, "Dictionary of Mss Communication and Media Research: a guide for students, scholars and professionals," Marquette, 2005, p.143.

[3] Merriam- Webster, The Cambridge Online Dictionary

[4] Cambridge Online Dictionary

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