mediacracyn.
/ˌmiːdɪˈakrəsi/, U.S. /ˌmidiˈɑkrəsi/ The (supposed) dominance of the mass media over society through its powerful influence upon government. Also, collectively: dominant or controlling figures in the mass media.
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1975 K. P. Phillips Mediacracy ii. 24 If the Industrial Revolution created a new elite and launched a new, business domination of politics, the knowledge revolution raises the prospect of dominant media influence—of mediacracy instead of aristocracy or democracy.
1987 Washington Post 17 Dec. c10/5 Anderson calls this an age of individual political entrepreneurs, ‘a mediacracy’, in which the parties have become ‘disembodied, spectral in their influence, hollowed out rather than hallowed’.
1990 P. Taylor (title) See how they run: electing the President in an age of mediaocracy.
1993 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) Apr. 148/1 Thirty years old this month, Elaine's is still serving up the Ruffino Chianti and the giant veal chops to the mediacracy.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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