Entertainment and News The difference between news and entertainment is that news is events occurring that have an impact in the lives of the people involves, while entertainment is information people seek for pleasure. News can be politics, tragedy, natural disasters, crime and other current events. Entertainment is celebrity information , human interest pieces, and sensationalism. Tabloid news is entertainment disguised as news. The consequences of confusing tabloid news and entertainment with actual news, are that …showed first 75 words of 673 total…

…showed last 75 words of 673 total…longer interested in legitimate news, they only want to be entertained. The stories that are entertaining are the stories that are the most violent,lurid, and sensational. This skews the audience’s perception of normalcy, and what can result, is an increase of violence, and deviant behavior. Works Cited Whetmore, Edward Jay. Mediamerica: Form, Content, and Consequences, 5th ed. Belmont CA: Wadsworth, 1995. Wilson, James R. Mass Media/Mass Culture 4th ed. New York:McGraw Hill, 1998.