media
nounUK /ˈmiːdiə/ · US /ˈmidi.ə/
Etymology Latinate plural of medium, particularly as a clipping of communications media and often reinterpreted as singular or mass noun, from Latin media, neuter plural form of medius (“middle”, adjective), from Proto-Italic *meðjos, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“between”).
The means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting information.
Often treated as uncountable
- As a result of the rise of, first, television news and entertainment media and, second, web-based media, traditional print-based media has declined in popularity.
The totality of content items (television shows, films, books, photographs, etc.) which are broadcast or published.
Often treated as uncountable
- Fighter pilots are depicted as cool in popular media like Top Gun.
- […] yet they are all wildly popular pieces of media, viewed by millions of Christians and non-Christians alike. Why? Because they are first and foremost masterful movies and TV shows. Their creators made something worth seeing and sharing.2020, Jordan Raynor, Master of One: Find and Focus on the Work You Were Created to Do, page 161:
Usually, With a definite article The journalists and other professionals who comprise the mass communication industry.
Often treated as uncountable
- Some celebrities dislike press conferences, where the media bombards them with questions.
Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences Files and data comprising material viewable by humans, but usually not plain text; audiovisual material.
- Derived terms
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