Articles about “Entertaiment”

Entertainment is the audience-centered commercial culture that keeps individuals amused, engaged and diverted. Entertainment takes many forms and has impacted all sorts of industries over the centuries. Today, digital technology has revolutionized entertainment. People are now downloading music, trading films and books online. Independent filmmakers and recording artists are using software to produce their own works and sell them online. Moreover, consumers are buying less expensive goods at bargain prices on sites such as eBay and Craigslist, as well as loading up their iPods with the latest tunes by trading with friends. The word entertainment derives from the medieval Latin intertenere, or “to hold inside.” Click on a collocation to learn more about it.