Me·di·a (m  d- ) An ancient country of southwest Asia in present-day northwest Iran. Settled by an Indo-European people, it became part of the Assyrian Empire and was conquered c. 550 b.c. by Cyrus the Great, who added it to the Persian Empire. Me di·an adj. & n. |
| me·di·a 1 (md-) |
| me·di·a 2 (md-) n. 1. Linguistics See medial. 2. The middle, often muscular layer of the wall of a blood vessel. [Late Latin, from Latin, feminine of Latin medius, middle; see medium.] |
media
Noun
1. a plural of medium
2. the media the mass media collectively
Adjective
of or relating to the mass media: media hype
USAGE: When media refers to the mass media, it is sometimes treated as a singular form, as in: the media has shown great interest in these events. Many people think this use is incorrect and that media should always be treated as a plural form: the media have shown great interest in these events.
Media
See also language style; radio.
1. the practice among European newspapers of allowing space, usually at the bottom of a page or pages, for fiction, criticism, columnists, etc.
2. the practice of writing critical or familiar essays for the feuilleton pages. — feuilletonist, n.
2. the practice of writing critical or familiar essays for the feuilleton pages. — feuilletonist, n.
language typical of journalists and newspapers or magazines, characterized by use of neologism and unusual syntax. Also called newspaperese.
1. the occupation of reporting, writing, editing, photographing, or broadcasting news.
2. the occupation of running a news organization as a business.
3. the press, printed publications, and their employees.
4. an academie program preparing students in reporting, writing, and editing for periodicals and newspapers. — journalist, n. — journalistic, adj.
2. the occupation of running a news organization as a business.
3. the press, printed publications, and their employees.
4. an academie program preparing students in reporting, writing, and editing for periodicals and newspapers. — journalist, n. — journalistic, adj.
1. a type of cathode-ray tube used in the reception of television images.
2. a recording of a television program on motion-picture film.
2. a recording of a television program on motion-picture film.
an apparatus for projecting sound and pictures by a combination of a phonograph and a kinetoscope.
an early apparatus for producing a moving picture. See also instruments. Cf. kinetophone.
journalese.
a person who publishes or writes for a periodical.
a form of journalism in which photographs play a more important part than written copy. — photojournalist, n.
1. the action, practice, or art of propagating doctrines, as in the Society for the Propagation of Christian Knowledge.
2. the deliberate spreading of information or ideas to promote or injure a cause, nation, etc. — propagandist, n. — propagandistic, adj.
2. the deliberate spreading of information or ideas to promote or injure a cause, nation, etc. — propagandist, n. — propagandistic, adj.
1. the act or process of reporting news.
2. an account of a current or historical event, not appearing in conventional news media, written in a journalistic style.
2. an account of a current or historical event, not appearing in conventional news media, written in a journalistic style.
the act of shocking or intent to shock, especially through the media; the practice of using startling but superficial efïects, in art, literature, etc., to gain attention. See also literary style; philosophy. — sensationalist, n.
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