infoporn
English
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɪnfəʊˌpɔːn/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɪnfoʊˌpɔɹn/
Noun
editinfoporn (uncountable)
- Information which does not serve a purpose other than to hold the attention of its audience; information for information's sake.
- 2008, McKenzie Wark, 50 Years of Recuperation of the Situationist International, Princeton Architectural Press, page 5:
- This uselessness bestows on art a certain autonomy from the grim dealings in shopworn slogans and infoporn that characterize all other domains of the spectacle.
- 2008, McKenzie Wark, 50 Years of Recuperation of the Situationist International, Princeton Architectural Press, page 5: