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Entertainment media are generally understood as various forms of amusement, but the pleasures of entertainment media do not conceal their impact on society. Media products and innovations take many forms, such as television programs, advertising, film, the Internet, electronic games, literature, and comic books, to name a few that provoke perpetual debates about their effects. Entertainment and nonfiction, such as the various forms of journalism, raise questions about representations and issues related to politics, sex, violence, and crime, and their impact on social values, beliefs, and practices within a given culture.
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Gaines, E. (2010). Entertainment, Culture, Ideology, and Myth. In: Media Literacy and Semiotics. Semiotics and Popular Culture. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230115514_6
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