Infotainment

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Infotainment (portmanteau information and entertainment ), also called light news, is a type of media, usually television, that provides a combination of information and entertainment. This term is usually used without the approval of more serious hard news. Many of the infotainment websites and social media applications have been described and provide various functions and services.

Video Infotainment

Criticism

The label "infotainment" is a symbol of attention and criticism that journalism moves from a medium that conveys serious information about issues affecting the public interest, into a form of entertainment that happens to have new "facts" in the mix. The criteria used by journalists and editors to assess the value of news - whether something is worth putting on the front page, the bottom of the clock, or eligible for comment altogether - are an integral part of this debate. Some people blame the media for this perceived phenomenon, for failing to fulfill the ideals of citizenship journalism responsibility, while others blame the commercial nature of many media organizations, the need for higher rankings, combined with a public preference for content that feels good. and "unimportant" topics like celebrity or sports gossip. In an infotainment critique, Bonnie Anderson of Flash News quoted CNN's main story on February 2, 2004 after Janet Jackson's breast exposure on national television. The follow-up story is about the chemical ricin attack at that time-US. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist.

The specialization process has also taken place, beginning with the emergence of mass market special interest magazines, moving into broadcasts with the advent of cable television, and continuing into new media such as internet and satellite radio. More and more publicly available media that exclusively focus on single topics like current events, home improvements, history, movies, women and Christianity. Consumers have a wide choice of whether they receive a general feedback from the most important "information" of the day or a highly customized presentation of one type of content. A highly customizable stream of content may not be considered news worthy or contain a neutral point of view. Several publications and channels have found a sizeable audience in "niches" that feature hard news.

Controversy continues over the size of the audience and whether the outlet is diluting the content with too much "soft" news. The difference between journalists and anchor versus journalists is "human interest", personality, or celebrity news pieces. Soft reporters and news stories are usually directed by marketing sharing departments based on demographic appeal and audience sharing. The generally accepted news anchor is also a media character who can also be considered a celebrity. Media outlets generally use personality in the air for their public appeal to promote network investments that are similar to regular broadcast schedules including self-promotion and advertising. Critics may go a long way to seeing the anchors as weak links, representing a misplacement of both credit and accountability of news journalism organizations - thus adding to the perceived erosion of journalistic standards throughout the news business. (See yellow journalism.)

Most television infotainment programs on broadcast networks and cables contain only general information about the subject they cover and should not be regarded as learning or formal instruction. Examples of broadcasts may include allegations of celebrities or other individuals committing crimes without verifiable factual support or evidence of such claims. It can be argued that many social audiences and critics disagree on how the media, especially TV and cable, seem to be sprinting from one event to another, often dwelling on trivial content and being driven by celebrities. As seen with celebrities and public figures/commercial leaders, News media more often commodify and sell people's lives stories for pure audience reactions and entertainment as opposed to a more focused focus on real stories with informative meaning behind them.

In October 2010 at the Rally to Restore Harmony and/or Fear, American political satire Jon Stewart made a metaphorical statement about the media today: "The press can hold its magnifying glass up to our problems... illuminating issues that hitherto unknown, or they can use the magnifying glass to light fire ants and then maybe host a week of performances about a sudden, unpredictable, and dangerous ant epidemic. "This statement refers to the ability of the news media to focus on the real issues of people , and turn it into what is known as infotainment, when this information is only reserved for public entertainment. Today's informative news broadcasting is often attenuated with scandalous stories, though this is not a problem for media and newscasters because if you can keep a week-long audience focused on whatever is the next "flare-up epidemic" (eg, a members of the sexual congress of infidelity, conspiracy theories about birth certificates of the president and other examples related to politics), you can increase audience ratings and sell ads at higher rates

For women

Historically, the term infotainment was used to discredit women journalists who were assigned light news jobs. Soft news is expected to be consumed only by women, but ultimately, thanks to the presence of more women in the news power and the changing media landscape, it becomes the norm of the news media in general. Journalism

Some define "journalism" only as reporting on "serious" subjects, where general journalistic standards are upheld by journalists. Others believe that a bigger "business news" covers everything from professional journalism to so-called "light news" and "infotainment", and support activities such as marketing, advertising sales, finance, and delivery. However, the differentiation of the two concepts of "difficult news" and "light news" is controversial. Professional journalism should focus more on research, fact-checking, and the public interest than "non-journalistic" colleagues. Because the term "news" is broad enough, the terms "hard" and "soft" show differences in individual standards for news value, as well as for behavioral standards, relative to professional ideals of journalistic integrity.

The idea of ​​ hard news embodies two orthogonal concepts:

• Seriousness: Politics, economics, crime, war, and disaster are considered serious topics, such as legal, business, science, and technology aspects.
• Timeliness: Stories that include current events - the progress of war, the result of voting, termination of fire, significant statements, the release of detainees, the economic reports of records.

Conversely, logically, soft news is sometimes referred to in a degrading manner as infotainment. Specify the most interesting features of criticism including:

• The least serious subject: Arts and entertainment, sports, lifestyle, "human interest", and celebrity.
• Not timely: No event triggered an event that triggered the story, other than a reporter's curiosity.

Timely events occur on less serious subjects - sporting events, celebrity misfortunes, movie releases, art exhibitions, and so on.

There may also be serious reports that are not driven by events - coverage of important social, economic, legal or technological trends - investigative reports that reveal ongoing corruption, pollution or ongoing immorality - or discussions about political issues that have not been resolved without a special reason. Anniversaries, holidays, end of year or season, or the end of the first 100 days of administration, can make some stories time-sensitive, but provide more opportunities for reflection and analysis than any actual "news" to report.

The spectrum of "seriousness" and "interests" are not well-defined, and different media organizations make different sacrifices. "News that you can use", a common marketing phrase that highlights a special genre of journalism, covers a gray area. Gardening tips and hobbies "news" quite clearly fall in the end of entertainment. Warnings about an imminent natural disaster or acute domestic security threats (such as air strikes or terrorist attacks) are deemed very important so that broadcast media (even non-news channels) usually interfere with other programs to announce it. Medical stories about new treatments for breast cancer, or reports of local groundwater pollution may fall in between. So maybe a review book, or a scope of religion. On the other hand, people often find hobbies and entertainment a valuable part of their lives and so the "interests" on the personal level are somewhat subjective.

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Entertainment and news crossover

Infotainment is generally identified by its entertaining nature through the use of striking graphics, quick editing, music, and the use of sensationalism or satire. Popular examples include Night Evening , Hannity and Colmes , The Daily Show , and events that will not be classified as previous news, such as > The Oprah Winfrey Show .

Infotainers

Infotainers are entertainers in infotainment media, such as newsreaders or satirists who cross the line between journalism (quasi-journalism) and entertainment. Barbara Walters, is an infotainer icon. He pioneered many of the techniques used in Infotainment media today. Other important examples in US media are Jon Stewart, Bill O'Reilly, Rachel Maddow, and Geraldo Rivera.

When Geraldo Rivera hosted a news-related talk show on CNBC, others in the NBC organization voiced their protests, including Tom Brokaw who reportedly had threatened to quit. Rivera has a famous history as a "false journalist" and a daytime talk show host, where he and one or two others represent "Tabloid talk show"; Television is seen to have little social value or redeem intelligence, but it is still popular among viewers.

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Commodification

Broadcasts of important or interesting events were originally intended only to inform the public about local or international events for their own safety and awareness. However, local newscasters more often commercialize local events to lure titillation and entertainment in viewers. Commodification is known as the process by which material objects are transformed into valuable goods by exchange (exchange). The essential qualities of humans and their products are transformed into commodities, into goods to buy and sell on the market, just as entertaining stories are sold to buy the attention of viewers.

Commodity fetishism is a process in which commodities are emptied of their production meaning (the work that produces them and the context in which they are produced) and filled with abstract meaning (usually through advertising). At their worst, media tastes to tell and sell stories bring them not only to document the tragedy, but also to describe or exploit it. As is often seen in the news (with stories of extreme obesity or unusual abnormalities) that are now " infotainment "of human commodities through their personal tragedies or scandals, providing entertainment and titillation to public audiences.

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Social media implications

Current news topics that are more commonly considered "infotainment" have increased with the growing popularity and usage of social media applications. These popular social media are what German theorist JÃÆ'¼rgen Habermas will define as "public space". According to Habermas, it defines a (possibly virtual) social space where citizens gather to debate and discuss issues of their current society. This term has been used recently in the plural to refer to various public spheres in which people debate contemporary issues. In the case of social media websites like Twitter and Facebook, originally created for the purpose of linking, reconnecting and sharing personal thoughts and information with the public, they are now providing new media for "infotainment" deployment and exploitation of public issues. There is no doubt that these social media sites dominate, and what is so stressful about this issue is the fact that in addition to mobile phone technology, these online communication modes become very prominent in the simple delivery of informative news. Of course, a commodity-based society produces phantom objectivity, and thus obscures its roots. The general public more often relies on television news broadcasts and is now a social media channel for a mix of entertainment information and renewal known as "infotainment".

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Origin

The terms "infotainment" and "infotainer" were first used in September 1980 at the Joint Joint Conference , the Institute of Information Sciences and Library Association in Sheffield, England. Infotainers were a group of British information scientists who put on a comedy show at their professional conference between 1980 and 1990. In 1983, infotainment began to see more popular usage Around this time, infotainment gradually began to replace the gentle news with the theorists of communication.

The previous term, and a slight variant, "infortainment" was created in 1974 as the title of the 1974 Convention of the Broadcasting Interollegiate System (IBS), association of college radio stations in the United States. It happened on 5-7 April 1974, at the Statler Hilton Hotel, now Hotel Pennsylvania. It is defined as "nexus between Information and Entertainment".

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See also

• Documentary television
• Edutainment
• In car entertainment
• Infomercial
• Food waste news
• Most inappropriate programs
• Product placement
• Subliminal messages

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Footnote

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External links

• "Soft news and critical journalism erode an audience"
• "Hard times for hard news, but good journalism goes on"
• That's Infotainment - A Skeptical Asker

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