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▪ I. ‖ media1|ˈmiːdɪə|
Pl. (in sense 1) mediæ |ˈmiːdɪiː|.
[L., fem. of medius middle, used elliptically.]
1. Phonetics. [Applied by Priscian i. xxvi. (with ellipsis of littera) to b, g, d as intermediate in sound between the tenues (leves) and the aspirates.] A voiced or ‘soft’ mute; = medial n. 2.
1841Latham Eng. Lang. 103 The Tenues of the Classics..are sharp, the Mediæ flat. 1848E. Guest in Trans. Philol. Soc. III. 176, 1st, the mediæ b, g, d,; 2ndly, the tenues p, k, t; and 3rdly, the aspirates. 1890Conway in Amer. Jrnl. Philol. XI. 304 The invention of G to denote the voiced media as distinguished from C.
2. Biol. [Short for L. tunica or membrana media.] The middle tunic or membrane of an artery or vessel.
1876tr. H. von Ziemssen's Cycl. Med. VI. 411 In many cases aneurism seems to be produced by a primary disease of the media. 1889Leidy Anat. (ed. 2) 580 The media is composed of transverse muscle-fibres with some elastic fibres.
▪ II. media2, n. pl.|ˈmiːdɪə|
[Pl. of medium n.5, prob. after mass media.]
Newspapers, radio, television, etc., collectively, as vehicles of mass communication. Freq. attrib. or as adj.
Also erron. as sing. in same sense.
1923[see mass medium]. 1927Amer. Speech III. 26 It was finally decided to allot a definite media to each member. Ibid., One of the best advertising medias in the middle west. 1929E. O. Hughes Outl. Advertising v. 82 The advertising media to which reference will be made..are newspapers, journals, magazines and such-like printed publications. 1958Times Lit. Suppl. 5 Dec. 698/5 The media which appeal to our visually conscious age call for organizing ability as well as individual talent. 1962M. McLuhan Gutenberg Galaxy 246 Is not the essence of education civil defence against media fall-out? 1966K. Amis in New Statesman 14 Jan. 51/3 The treatment of media as a singular noun..is spreading into the upper cultural strata. 1966Economist 10 Dec. 1166/1 In any recession, media buyers, never a very adventurous lot, stay with the safest bets in any advertising medium. 1968Sun (Baltimore) 4 July A16/3 Then there is ‘media coordinator’, that is, a tape recorder operator. 1969T. Parsons Politics & Social Struct. iii. x. 250 Different media (or often the same media) carry qualitatively different content. 1971Daily Tel. 4 Nov. 17/4 Decrees laid down in 1965 formally forbid direct contact between the [Dutch] Royal House and the publicity media. 1971Radio Times 18 Nov. 82 The media have an ambiguous relationship with the radical left. 1972Guardian 16 May 16/6 McGovern..occasionally stages a ‘media event’ which uses the unwitting people as props for TV news footage. 1972Times 19 July 13/6 Miss Allen seems to be under the impression that the media is confined to newspapers. 1973Black World Mar. 80 The theme of the poem deals with the white backlash, a media term describing the hostile reactions of white folks to civil-rights activities. 1973‘R. Macdonald’ Sleeping Beauty i. 9 ‘You from a media?’ ‘No, I'm just a citizen.’ 1974Listener 28 Feb. 260/1 The impartial experts and media-men. 1975Atlantic Monthly Jan. 29/2 ‘Media’ is itself a code name for a stereotype. Ibid., Enemies of journalism..refer to the profession as the ‘media’ in disdain.
Add:2. Special Comb. media studies n. pl. (freq. const. sing.; also occas. found in the sing. form), analysis or study of the mass media.
1968Audiovisual Instruction Jan. 12/2 Experience gained in the nascent film study and screen education programs can provide guidelines for *media study, which is actually an extension and coordination of these programs and of existing programs in literature, the arts, and the humanities. 1975Times Educ. Suppl. 4 Apr. 54 (heading) Stephen Thomas and Brian Thomas on introducing media studies into primary schools. 1977Gay News 24 Mar. 23/2 Dennis..went to the University of Massachusetts, where he received a BA in media studies. 1994Daily Tel. 27 Aug. 15/4 It has been an uphill struggle to persuade universities to accept entrants with A-level subjects such as media studies. |