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mass media

British  

plural noun

  1. the means of communication that reach large numbers of people in a short time, such as television, newspapers, magazines, and radio

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mass media Cultural  

  1. Newspapers, motion pictures, radio, television, and magazines, all of which have the technical capacity to deliver information to millions of people.

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Penny papers, the first mass media, gained a wide readership among Americans of all classes.

From Literature

And the new mass media of both periods—then, radio and film; today, the internet—have generated concerns about how to tell truth from deception.

From The Wall Street Journal

Television defined the last half of the twentieth century, outperforming all other mass media combined.

From Los Angeles Times

Van Sant has long taken aim at the intersection of violence and mass media culture.

From Los Angeles Times

But as admiring as “Cover-Up” may be about Seymour Hersh, it is hardly a paean to American mass media.

From The Wall Street Journal

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