Literature and History: Study of Nigerian Indigenous Historical Novels by Lere Adeyemi

“… The assumption that history posits itself as a fact, while literature is to be taken as an artistic form, only for entertainment (i.e., the difference between truth and falsehood, reality and illusion) has long been debated by formalists and soclologlsts of literature. …”
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The Myth of Don Juan Onstage up to and through Victorian Times by Rocío G. Sumillera

“…This paper explains how the initially tragic Don Juan came to be a favourite for light onstage entertainment between the years 1837 and 1901 on both sides of the Channel.…”
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DELINEATION OF WOMEN IDENTITY IN THE DISNEY ANIMATED FILM ECANTO (2019) by Agustin Diana Wardaniningsih, E. Ngestirosa Endang Woro Kasih

“… Disney's animated films is produced not only to provide entertainment but also to deliver messages in it. Most Disney animated films have a target audience of children. …”
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An Efficient Prediction-Based Data Forwarding Strategy in Vehicular Ad Hoc Network by Wanting Zhu, Deyun Gao, Chuan Heng Foh

“…As an important infrastructure of intelligent transportation system (ITS), vehicular ad hoc networks (VANETs) provide navigation and positioning, information services, driver assistance, in-vehicle entertainment, and other functions for the owners improving the development of the future smart city. …”
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La nuit mamelouke.Contribution à l’histoire du quotidien au Caire et à Damas à la fin du Moyen Âge by Mathieu Eychenne

“…Commercial exchanges, public entertainment and traffic contributed to extend daytime activities beyond nightfall and to cast the urban space as a place of socialization. …”
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Komischer Diskurs: kognitiv und kulturbedingt by Oksana Zubach

“…The study focuses on comic texts from Internet sources that reflect people’s attitudes through comments not only on comic texts as a means of entertainment, but also on situations and phenomena. …”
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Spectacle and Spectatorship at the Nineteenth-Century American Racetrack by Natalie Zacek

“…However, these audiences, unlike those who were both the subjects and the viewers of English artist William Powell Frith’s celebrated 1858 painting of Derby Day at Epsom Downs, experienced anxiety as well as entertainment from the proximity of “others,” particularly African-Americans (whether enslaved or free) and poor whites; they hoped that these groups would improve their manners by imitating those of their “betters,” but at the same time they, unlike the Epsom audiences, shied away from “crowds of the most promiscuous character.” …”
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The place and role of leisure in the Moscow students’ everyday life in the context of the information society development by Yu. P. Nadekhina, A. A. Kolchin, E. V. Kryukova

“…Special attention is paid to modern forms of leisure for students, such as: spending time on the Internet, visiting experimental theaters and cinemas, watching talk shows and entertainment programs, visiting immersive shows, participating in modern youth organisations, etc. …”
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Explainable AI for DeepFake Detection by Nazneen Mansoor, Alexander I. Iliev

“…The surge in technological advancements has resulted in concerns over its misuse in politics and entertainment, making reliable detection methods essential. …”
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Gamification: characteristics, trends, risks by A. P. Avdeeva, Yu. A. Safonova

“…The main risks of gamification development have been highlighted: hyperorientation to entertainment in areas that traditionally involve effort, and manipulation of people’s behavior in areas related to “shoulds”.…”
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“Tik Tok” Application Impact in English Learning Experience on Motivation and Learning Student Achievement by Nadila Natasya, Adinda Siregar, Angellia Bheriani By, Bambang Nur Alamsyah Lubis

“…Although not all students use Tiktok as a learning medium, they only use Tiktok as entertainment. The average result of the percentage that Tiktok can have a good impact on students' English language skills is 86.7%, where this percentage was obtained from students who felt a good impact from Tiktok. …”
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Cyborg Adolescents and Digital Data: Examining Education and Revenue Generation in the Digital Lives of Youth through More-than-Human Ethnography by Davood Zahrani, Ali Hashemianfar, Ahmad Mehrshad

“…Introduction According to the Entertainment Software Association (ESA, 2022), approximately 76% of adolescents aged 13 to 17 play video games, averaging about 7 hours per week. …”
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THE INFLUENCE OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISM AND POLITICAL PARTICIPATION IN NORTH CENTRAL by ALERO MARTHER RICHARDS, SIMON REAZANYI SHEYIGARI

“…The youth are more inclined to using the new media for entertainment and social networking. The paper recommends that Nigerian youth are exposed to political participation online, thus, they should be active in there doing. …”
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Dari Kentrung hingga Ken Palman: Pasang Surut Kesenian Kentrung Jepara, 1970-2021 by Alamsyah Alamsyah, Siti Maziyah, Vicky Very Angga

“…In addition, kentrung is also one of the entertainment's communities. In the 1970s to 1980s, kentrung experienced its heyday because it was in great demand by the public. …”
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Mercados culturais no Brasil: o BNDES e o financiamento das empresas culturais brasileiras by Elder P. Maia Alves

“…Throughout the expansion of household expenditure on goods, services and cultural activities, especially between 2004 and 2014, the Brazilian Development Bank extended its actions, services, financial products for cultural undertakings, plotting this way to a branched financial and institutional network that directly involves those Brazilian companies in the cultural sector operating in certain chains of creation, production, distribution and commercialization of artistic and cultural, digital and entertainment activities, notably in the context of audiovisual, editorial and property segment. …”
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The Breaking of the Square: Late Victorian Representations of Anglo-Sudanese Warfare by Luisa Villa

“…From the early 1880s (with the rise of the Mahdi, the disastrous defeat of General Hicks at Shaykan, the siege of Khartoum and its fall) to the late 1890s (with the slow advance of Kitchener’s army through the desert and along the Nile culminating in the battle of Omdurman), the military operations conducted in the Sudan not only fuelled a lively public debate, but provided exciting material for literature and popular entertainment. Indeed, with its austere desert landscape, its immemorial river and its warlike populations, the Sudan was marketed to the general public as the site for the perfect martial adventure. …”
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DeMille and Danger: Seven Heuristic Taxonomic Categories of His Hollywood (Mis)Adventures by Anton Karl Kozlovic

“…Further research into DeMille studies, the expansion of the above-constructed categories, and other autobiographical reminiscences about Tinsel Town is warmly recommended; whether as history, art or entertainment.…”
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Automatic Recommendation Algorithm for Video Background Music Based on Deep Learning by Hong Kai

“…As one of the traditional entertainment items, video background music has gradually changed from traditional consumption to network consumption, which naturally also has the problem of information overload. …”
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A framework to support the development of empathetic games by Vinicius Ferreira Galvão, Cristiano Maciel, Eunice Pereira dos Santos Nunes, Kamila Rios da Hora Rodrigues

“…These games diverge from the conventional pursuit of entertainment only, opting instead to immerse players in the lived experiences of others and confront the challenges encountered in their daily lives. …”
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