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 [[Edutainment]] (or [[Edu-tainment]]) is a term that broadly refers to any process or intervention that seeks to teach someone something while simultaneously entertaining them. This includes performances, music and visual media.
-The more commercial version of this is sometimes referred to as '''[[infotainment]]''' as well, particularly as used in an advertising context.
+The more commercial version of this is sometimes referred to as '''[[info-tainment]]''' as well, particularly as used in an advertising context.
 It is a somewhat wider interpretation of '''[[Educational theatre]]''', one that has become a substantial element of professional theatre and performance practice. According to the ''Cambridge Business English Dictionary''[https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/edutainment], the market for edutainment software is growing at about 30% a year, for example.

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-For other forms of performance with pedagogic or informational, aims see for example [[Educational theatre]], [[Theatre in Education]], [[Drama in Education]], [[Corporate Theatre]], [[Industrial Theatre]], and so on.
+For other forms of performance with pedagogic or informational, aims see for example [[Educational theatre]], [[Theatre in Education]], [[Drama in Education]], [[Corporate Theatre]], [[Industrial Theatre]], [[Info-tainment]], and so on.
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 It is a somewhat wider interpretation of '''[[Educational theatre]]''', one that has become a substantial element of professional theatre and performance practice. According to the ''Cambridge Business English Dictionary''[https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/edutainment], the market for edutainment software is growing at about 30% a year, for example.
-According to the ''[[IGI Global]]'' website[https://www.igi-global.com/dictionary/playing-better-worse/9152],  the term was coined by Walt Disney in 1954 - presumably with reference to their products - while the ''Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary''[https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/edutainment], states that the first known use of '''[[edutainment]]''' in the broad meaning defined above, dates from circa 1973. The verb "to [[edutain]]" has since also come into use.
+According to the ''IGI Global'' website[https://www.igi-global.com/dictionary/playing-better-worse/9152],  the term was coined by Walt Disney in 1954 - presumably with reference to their products - while the ''Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary''[https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/edutainment], states that the first known use of '''[[edutainment]]''' in the broad meaning defined above, dates from circa 1973. The verb "to [[edutain]]" has since also come into use.
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 It is a somewhat wider interpretation of '''[[Educational theatre]]''', one that has become a substantial element of professional theatre and performance practice. According to the ''Cambridge Business English Dictionary''[https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/edutainment], the market for edutainment software is growing at about 30% a year, for example.
-According to the ''Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary''[https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/edutainment], the first known use of '''[[edutainment]]''' in the broad meaning defined above, dates from 1973. The verb "to [[edutain]]" has since also come into use.
+According to the ''[[IGI Global]]'' website[https://www.igi-global.com/dictionary/playing-better-worse/9152],  the term was coined by Walt Disney in 1954 - presumably with reference to their products - while the ''Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary''[https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/edutainment], states that the first known use of '''[[edutainment]]''' in the broad meaning defined above, dates from circa 1973. The verb "to [[edutain]]" has since also come into use.
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