media

me|di|a

W2S2 [ˈmi:diə] n

[Date: 1900-2000; Origin: Plural of MEDIUM²]

1.) the media

all the organizations, such as television, radio, and newspapers, that provide news and information for the public, or the people who do this work

▪ The scandal was widely reported in the national media .

▪ The role of the news media in forming public opinion is very important.

▪ The 11-day trial generated intense media interest .

▪ A great deal of media hype surrounded the release of the group's latest CD.

▪ There will be another war somewhere else and the whole international media circus will move on.

2.) the plural of ↑medium

→↑mass media, ↑multimedia

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COLLOCATES for sense 1

the national/local media

the news media

media attention/coverage/interest/speculation

media hype (=when the media give something too much attention, and try to make it seem much more important or better than it really is)

media event (=an event that the media gives a lot of attention to)

media circus (=a disapproving word for all the people from the media who report events, and all the attention they give to these events)

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