Infotainment is television — and now a lot of online video — that talks about real news and serious subjects, but packages them so people will enjoy watching: jokes, bright lights, fast cuts, a host with a big smile. The word is a squeeze of information and entertainment.

Infotainment infotainment is指的是 television電視 — and now a lot of online video現在也包括很多網路影片 — that talks about real news and serious subjects談的是真的新聞和嚴肅主題, but packages them so people will enjoy watching但包裝成讓人愛看的樣子: jokes, bright lights, fast cuts, a host with a big smile笑話、閃亮的燈光、快速剪接、笑容滿面的主持人。The word is a squeeze of這個詞是 information and entertainmentinformation和entertainment擠壓組成的。

A programme about money or health can still be infotainment if it is built like a show, not like a quiet lesson. Though actually, people often use it with a little bite: they mean this looks like news, but it is also trying to keep you on the sofa.

A programme about money or health一個講錢或健康的節目 can still be infotainment還是算infotainment if it is built like a show, not like a quiet lesson如果做得像秀而不是安靜的課堂。Though actually不過, people often use it with a little bite大家用這個詞常帶點諷刺: they mean this looks like news意思是這看起來像新聞, but it is also trying to keep you on the sofa但其實也想讓你繼續坐在沙發上不轉台。

It is not a children’s cartoon that teaches ABCs, and it is not a dry news hour with no fun at all. The messy truth is that a lot of commercial ‘news’ sits somewhere in the middle.

It is not它不是 a children's cartoon that teaches ABCs教ABC的兒童卡通, and it is not也不是 a dry news hour with no fun at all完全沒有樂趣、乾巴巴的新聞時段。The messy truth is混亂的事實是, that a lot of commercial 'news'很多商業「新聞」 sits somewhere in the middle其實就卡在中間。