infotainment

Serbian translation: infozabava

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English term or phrase:infotainment
Serbian translation:infozabava

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16:01 Feb 10, 2010
English to Serbian translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Journalism
Additional field(s): Internet, e-Commerce, Media / Multimedia
English term or phrase: infotainment
Definition from Wikipedia:
Infotainment is "information-based media content or programming that also includes entertainment content in an effort to enhance popularity with audiences and consumers." It is a neologistic portmanteau of information and entertainment, referring to a type of media which provides a combination of information and entertainment.

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  • Meanwhile, cable news has been evolving ever more rapidly into infotainment National Review Online
  • Viewers watch infotainment because its stories are presented in an episodic format that helps simplify otherwise complex information. People who depend on infotainment often find the information given in hard news broadcasts complex and hard to comprehend. NeoAmericanist
  • With owners fighting to recruit and retain seagoing personnel, a new generation of ‘infotainment’ systems is raising the standard for crew welfare and safety, providing entertainment, communications and safety information to crew and clients. Riviera Maritime Media Ltd
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infozabava
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Infozabava je informativni medijski sadržaj ili program koji sadrži i elemente zabavnog programa. Nastaje sa ciljem da se poveća popularnost i pridobije publika. Termin je uveo komunikolog K. Brants u svom tekstu o noćnim morama i novim snovima koje produkuju prevashodno televizija i Internet. Po Brantsu infozabava je novoustanovljeni sinkretizam informacija i zabave.
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Infozabava je informativni medijski sadržaj ili program koji sadrži i elemente zabavnog programa. Nastaje sa ciljem da se poveća popularnost i pridobije publika. Termin je uveo komunikolog K. Brants u svom tekstu o noćnim morama i novim snovima koje produkuju prevashodno televizija i Internet. Po Brantsu infozabava je novoustanovljeni sinkretizam informacija i zabave.

Example sentence(s):
  • Oni kažu da informativni programi imaju manje sadržaja sa političkom pozadinom, a više priča iz ličnog života i da se povećava broj emisija iz domena zabave i infozabave (na engleskom infotainment, reč nastala sažimanjem reči koje znače informacija i zabava). - Savet Evrope  
  • Функционалистичко разумевање улоге медија масовног комуницирања у друштву – редуковање комплексног, има свој емпиријски еквивалент у манихејским програмским матрицама глобалних масмедија о ”добрим и лошим момцима”, као и у хиперпродукцији и предоминантности дистрактивних садржаја, односно њиховог стапања са вестима и стварања оног што се данас назива infotainment-ом (инфозабавом). - Dr Mirko Miletić, prof. Filozofskog fak  
  • Za razliku od strategije Aktenzeichen XY... ungelöst, i sličnih tv emisija, XY Ungelöst – rekonstrukcija zločina ne proganja izvršioce zločina uz pomoć gledalaca. Taj rad nije kolaboracionistički, on ne pomaže policiji, niti rasprodaje bol žrtava radi profita mogula infozabave - Medijska arheologija  
Milan Djukić
Serbia
Local time: 15:46
Native speaker of: Serbian
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