Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2. Theoretical Approach: Infotainment . . . . . . . . . 3
A. Entertainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
B. Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
C. Infotainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
3. Advertainment: Advertising
and Entertainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
4. Charitainment: Charity
and Entertainment, Celebrity Advocacy . . . . . . 8
5. Edutainment: Education and Entertainment . . . 9
A. Edutainment Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
B. Entertainment-Education:
Create Favorable Attitudes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Theoretical Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Resistance to, and Critiques of,
Entertainment-Education Interventions . . . 12
6. Evangelitainment: Religion
and Entertainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
7. Militainment: Military and Entertainment . . . . 14
8. Politainment: Politics and Entertainment . . . . . 15
9. Sportainment: Sports and Entertainment . . . . . 17
10. Conclusion, Discussion, Criticism . . . . . . . . . . 18
Editor’s Afterword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Additional Bibliography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Book Reviews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Recommended Citation
Bosshart, Louis and Hellmüller, Lea
(2009)
"Pervasive Entertainment, Ubiquitous Entertainment,"
Communication Research Trends: Vol. 28:
No.
2, Article 1.
Available at:
https://scholarcommons.scu.edu/crt/vol28/iss2/1