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mass medium

American  

noun

plural

mass media
  1. any of the means of communication, as television or newspapers, that reach very large numbers of people.


Etymology

Origin of mass medium

First recorded in 1920–25

Example Sentences

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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