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  2. Media (communication) - Wikipedia

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    In communication, media (sing. medium) are the outlets or tools used to store and deliver semantic information or contained subject matter, described as content. [1] [2] The term generally refers to components of the mass media communications industry, such as print media (), news media, photography, cinema, broadcasting (radio and television), digital media, and advertising. [3]

  3. Media - Wikipedia

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    New media, the combination of traditional media and computer and communications technology; News media, mass media focused on communicating news; Print media, communications delivered via paper or canvas; Published media, any media made available to the public; Recording medium, devices used to store information

  4. Mass media - Wikipedia

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    The term "mass media" is sometimes erroneously used as a synonym for "mainstream media". Mainstream media are distinguished from alternative media by their content and point of view. Alternative media are also "mass media" outlets in the sense that they use technology capable of reaching many people, even if the audience is often smaller than ...

  5. Alternative media - Wikipedia

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    Sometimes the term independent media is used as a synonym, indicating independence from large media corporations, but generally independent media is used to describe a different meaning around freedom of the press and independence from government control. Alternative media does not refer to a specific format and may be inclusive of print, audio ...

  6. Social media - Wikipedia

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    Social media allows for mass cultural exchange and intercultural communication, despite different ways of communicating in various cultures. [225] Social media has affected the way youth communicate, by introducing new forms of language. [226] Novel acronyms save time, as illustrated by "LOL", which is the ubiquitous shortcut for "laugh out loud".

  7. List of art media - Wikipedia

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    Media, or mediums, are the core types of material (or related other tools) used by an artist, composer, designer, etc. to create a work of art. [1] For example, a visual artist may broadly use the media of painting or sculpting, which themselves have more specific media within them, such as watercolor paints or marble.

  8. Media ecology - Wikipedia

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    Media ecologists employ a media ecology interpretative framework to deconstruct how today's new media environment increasingly mirrors the values and character attributed to young people. Here are some typical characteristics of the new generation: first, it is "the world's first generation to grow up thinking of itself as global.

  9. Electronic media - Wikipedia

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    Electronic media are media that use electronics or electromechanical means for the audience to access the content. [1] This is in contrast to static media (mainly print media ), which today are most often created digitally , but do not require electronics to be accessed by the end user in the printed form.