Article: Entertaiment
Anything affording pleasure, diversion or amusement: a concert, a crossword puzzle, a visit to the opera.
According to Oliver and Barstsch (2010) entertainment is understood objectively, involves communication between text and audience from an external stimulus, offers pleasure and occurs in a passive form. Its power is demonstrated by the way familiar forms of entertainment cross over different media: for example, the story of Scheherazade in Persian professional storytelling tradition has inspired orchestral works of Rimsky-Korsakov and Ravel, a film directed by Pasolini and an innovative video game. Each medium carries its own interpretation of the same basic theme and imagery.