media

/ˈmidiə/

/ˈmidiə/

All the various communications you use to get your news — magazines, websites, radio, and TV, among others — are collectively known as media. Many public figures thrive on media attention.

This word is frequently used as a mass noun: "I wish the media would focus more on local news than on celebrity gossip!" You can use it for the system of news organizations that put important stories in front of the public, as well as for the journalists themselves. Philosopher and theorist Marshall McLuhan is credited with the first use of this word to mean "communication channels," in 1954.

Definitions of media

1. noun

   systems of mass communications (including publishing, broadcast news, and the internet) considered collectively
   type of:

   scheme, system

   a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole
2. noun

   the group of journalists and professionals involved in mass communications
   type of:

   group, grouping

   any number of entities (members) considered as a unit