You can refer to television, radio, newspapers, and magazines as the media.
It is hard work and not a glamorous job as portrayed by the media.
...bias in the news media.
Media coverage of cycling in July was pretty impressive.
2. See also mass media, multimedia
3.
Media is a plural of medium.
media in British English1
(ˈmiːdɪə)
noun
1. a plural of medium
2.
the means of communication that reach large numbers of people, such as television, newspapers, and radio
adjective
3.
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 in British English2
(ˈmɛdɪə)
nounWord forms: plural-diae (-dɪˌiː)
1.
the middle layer of the wall of a blood or lymph vessel
2.
one of the main veins in the wing of an insect
3. phonetics
a.
a consonant whose articulation lies midway between that of a voiced and breathed speech sound
b.
a consonant pronounced with weak voice, as c in French second
Word origin
C19: from Latin medius middle
Media in British English
(ˈmiːdɪə)
noun
an ancient country of SW Asia, south of the Caspian Sea: inhabited by the Medes; overthrew the Assyrian Empire in 612 bc in alliance with Babylonia; conquered by Cyrus the Great in 550 bc; corresponds to present-day NW Iran
Media in American English
(ˈmidiə)
ancient kingdom in the part of SW Asia that is now NW Iran: cap. Ecbatana
media in American English1
(ˈmidiə)
noun
alt. pl. of
medium
see also medium (sense 3)
Idioms:
the media
media in American English2
(ˈmidiə)
nounWord forms: pluralˈmediˌae (ˈmidiˌi)
1. Anatomy
the middle coat of the wall of a blood or lymph vessel
2. Phonetics; Obsolete
a voiced stop
Word origin
ModL < fem. of L medius, middle: see mid1; (sense 2) LL, used by Priscian for L littera media, intermediate letter: so named as medial between aspirates and tenues
Examples of 'media' in a sentence
media
It’s also worth recording some of the social media gaffes from this election.
Computing (2010)
But the social media messages increasingly told a different story.
The Sun (2016)
The pair regularly tweet about each other's work and media appearances.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Easier than asking - as you sat in the social media choir stalls nodding at agreeable voices - what the hell you missed.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
We will be referring this matter to the police for investigation and have had the social media profiles removed,' the ministry said.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
I have switched off the social media that provides the backing track to my normal life: especially Twitter and its angry agitation.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The site has changed the way the media works.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
He was also one of the first media moguls to spot the true potential of the internet.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Mass political parties exist because the mass media exists.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The most useful thing about celebrity endorsement is the media coverage.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
This time the social media stats make for slightly different reading.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The huge media coverage of the show is also a worry.
The Sun (2009)
The social media profiles of the founders show apparently carefree lives.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Our headmistress mentioned the latter at assembly but there was no frenetic media coverage.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Some social media pages can either be closed or kept as memorial pages.
The Sun (2014)
Now in media work having had a spell as boss of Northampton.
The Sun (2010)
New York has a new media mogul.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
A lot of this hope is just media hype.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
For most, featuring in the mass media press is not beneath their dignity but a recognition of it.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The Times is the media partner.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
What he does not currently have is much luck and what the media has worked hard to undermine over the last couple of weeks is his confidence.
The Sun (2008)
The organizational culture of the mass media helps to frame the production of news, and thereby what viewers come to understand as news.
Appelbaum, Richard P. Sociology (1995)
Mr Grade could look at a full acquisition of the Scottish media group.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
He has deserved neither the adulation nor the contempt, but that's media hype for you.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The victim in the new edition is a high-profile media mogul, instead of the reclusive millionaire in the original.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
In other languages
media
British English: media /ˈmiːdɪə/ NOUN
You can refer to television, radio, and newspapers as the media.
A lot of people in the media have asked me that question.
American English: media
Arabic: وَسَائِلُ الْإِعْلَامِ
Brazilian Portuguese: mídia
Chinese: 媒体
Croatian: mediji
Czech: média
Danish: medie
Dutch: media
European Spanish: medios
Finnish: joukkoviestimet
French: média
German: Medien
Greek: μέσα επικοινωνίας
Italian: media
Japanese: マスメディア
Korean: 미디어
Norwegian: media
Polish: media
European Portuguese: meios de comunicação
Romanian: media
Russian: средства массовой информации
Latin American Spanish: medios
Swedish: massmedia
Thai: สื่อมวลชน
Turkish: medya
Ukrainian: засоби масової інформації
Vietnamese: phương tiện truyền thông
Chinese translation of 'media'
media
(ˈmiːdɪə)
pl
ofmedium
n pl
the media媒体(體) (méitǐ)
cpd
[coverage, attention, bias]媒体(體) (méitǐ)
medium
(ˈmiːdɪəm)
Word forms:plmediamediums
adj
(= average)[size, height]中等的 (zhōngděng de)
(= clothing size) 中码(碼)的 (zhōngmǎ de)
n(c)
(= means)[of communication]媒介 (méijiè)
(= substance, material) 传(傳)导(導)体(體) (chuándǎotǐ)
Word forms:plmediums
(= person) 灵(靈)媒 (língméi) (个(個), gè)
to strike or find a happy medium找到一种(種)折中办(辦)法 (zhǎodào yī zhǒng zhēzhōng bànfǎ)