Abstract
This study takes a closer look at the blurring of news and entertainment by examining how a sample of media users talk about various sources of current events information. Data from 21 in-depth interviews with young adults indicate that young adults do not hold a single notion of news and its relationship to entertainment. Rather, they draw from a variety of cultural resources at their disposal to either oppose or welcome the mixing of news and entertainment. A typology is developed to describe four distinct outlooks interviewees hold toward the value of news and whether it should be distinguished from entertainment.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 1052-1069 |
| Number of pages | 18 |
| Journal | Journalism Studies |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue number | 8 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Aug 3 2017 |
Keywords
- The Daily Show
- audience
- cable news
- entertainment
- hybrid media
- journalism
- news
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Communication