Tuesday 25 April 2017

______ is an example of infotainment.A. Reporting on a peace agreement in the Middle EastB. A segment on the politics behind Social Security...

You have chosen the correct answer for this question.  Option E, showing a police chase, is definitely the best example (among the options given) of infotainment.


Infotainment is somewhat difficult to identify in an objective way.  It can be defined as news that is broadcast both to entertain and to inform.  The connotation is that infotainment is not really serious news.  Therefore, it can be difficult to objectively tell where “serious news” ends and infotainment...

You have chosen the correct answer for this question.  Option E, showing a police chase, is definitely the best example (among the options given) of infotainment.


Infotainment is somewhat difficult to identify in an objective way.  It can be defined as news that is broadcast both to entertain and to inform.  The connotation is that infotainment is not really serious news.  Therefore, it can be difficult to objectively tell where “serious news” ends and infotainment begins.  For example, you might argue that it is important to show the police chase so people can know where the chase is, whether it threatens them, and how the police are behaving. 


However, of the choices given, the police chase is the clearest example of infotainment.  The others are more of “hard news” that would not be at all entertaining (as opposed to informative) to most people.

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