Infotainment
Amusing Ourselves to Death – 1985 book by Neil Postman
Documentary television – Genre of television program
Edutainment – Media designed to educate through entertainment
In-car entertainment – Automotive entertainment system
Infomercial – Long television commercial
Junk food news – Sardonic term for trivial news stories
Least objectionable program
Politainment – Portmanteau
Popular science – Science content aimed at an audience of laymen
Product placement – Marketing technique
Subliminal stimuli – Sensory stimuli below an individual's threshold for conscious perception
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