What is Media?
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noun
1. (the media) (treated as singular or plural) The main means of mass communication (broadcasting, publishing, and the Internet) regarded collectively.
2. plural form of medium
From Oxfard Dictionaries
Most common media includes television, newspaper, radio[1] ...
...and the Internet.
When Internet rise in popularity, journalists now starts to focus on publishing to the Internet as a priority than any other media. Because Internet is a free place for anyone to use, people other than journalism as their job also started to share the current events that they met with in real life to the internet. Because of this kind of communication, Internet is now considered as a media. And also because of how broad the Internet is, along with how technology advanced since the 19th century such as televisions, media is also starting to have a broader meaning.[3]
[2] What is media? Media is everything, That's What | Huff Post
[3] Electronic media now comes in the forms tablets, laptops, desktops, cell phones, mp3 players, DVDs, game systems, radios, and television. Technology has spiked to record highs within the last decade, thus changing the dynamic of communication. The meaning of electronic media, as it is known in various spheres, has changed with the passage of time. The term media has achieved a broader meaning nowadays as compared to that given it a decade ago. from Media (communication) - Wikipedia
What is media? definition and meaning - BusinessDictionary.com
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What is Communication Media? - Definition from Techopedia
edia
/ˈmiːdɪə/
noun
1. (the media) (treated as singular or plural) The main means of mass communication (broadcasting, publishing, and the Internet) regarded collectively.
2. plural form of medium
From Oxfard Dictionaries
So what is media?
Media can be easily considered as a communication outlets or tools that people uses to communicate with each other.Most common media includes television, newspaper, radio[1] ...
...and the Internet.
The Internet?
Before Internet becomes popular among the members of the society, everyone only considers 3 things as a media: television, newspaper and radio.[2] They were consider as a media because that is how journalists communicate with the public; how they bring the latest news to the public.When Internet rise in popularity, journalists now starts to focus on publishing to the Internet as a priority than any other media. Because Internet is a free place for anyone to use, people other than journalism as their job also started to share the current events that they met with in real life to the internet. Because of this kind of communication, Internet is now considered as a media. And also because of how broad the Internet is, along with how technology advanced since the 19th century such as televisions, media is also starting to have a broader meaning.[3]
Sources for this article:
[1] one of the means or channels of general communication, information, or entertainment in society, as newspapers, radio, or television. from Medium | Define Medium at Dictionary.com[2] What is media? Media is everything, That's What | Huff Post
[3] Electronic media now comes in the forms tablets, laptops, desktops, cell phones, mp3 players, DVDs, game systems, radios, and television. Technology has spiked to record highs within the last decade, thus changing the dynamic of communication. The meaning of electronic media, as it is known in various spheres, has changed with the passage of time. The term media has achieved a broader meaning nowadays as compared to that given it a decade ago. from Media (communication) - Wikipedia
Further reading
All these didn't make it into the blog post, but helped me understood moreWhat is media? definition and meaning - BusinessDictionary.com
What is Media Manipulation?--A Definition and Explanation by Forbes
What is Communication Media? - Definition from Techopedia
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