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And you see many people just turning away from these channels of mass media, and they're just turning in to alternative providers, because they just see what's happening.
Sibel Edmonds

Meaning of "mass media" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MASS MEDIA

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MASS MEDIA

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Mass media is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MASS MEDIA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

mass media

Mass media

The mass media are diversified media technologies that are intended to reach a large audience by mass communication. The technologies through which this communication takes place varies. Broadcast media such as radio, recorded music, film and television transmit their information electronically. Print media use a physical object such as a newspaper, book, pamphlet or comics, to distribute their information. Outdoor media is a form of mass media that comprises billboards, signs or placards placed inside and outside of commercial buildings, sports stadiums, shops and buses. Other outdoor media include flying billboards, blimps, and skywriting. Public speaking and event organising can also be considered as forms of mass media. The digital media comprises both Internet and mobile mass communication. Internet media provides many mass media services, such as email, websites, blogs, and internet based radio and television. Many other mass media outlets have a presence on the web, by such things as having TV ads that link to a website, or distributing a QR Code in print or outdoor media to direct a mobile user to a website.

Definition of mass media in the English dictionary

The definition of mass media in the dictionary is the means of communication that reach large numbers of people in a short time, such as television, newspapers, magazines, and radio.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MASS MEDIA

mass defect
mass destruction
mass funeral
mass grave
mass hysteria
mass in
mass leave
mass mailing
mass market
mass marketing
mass meeting
mass movement
mass murder
mass murderer
mass noun
mass number
mass observation
mass production
mass ratio
mass spectrograph

WORDS THAT END LIKE MASS MEDIA

cyclopaedia
encyclopaedia
encyclopedia
hypermedia
intermedia
me-media
media
mixed media
mixed-media
multimedia
new media
new-media
news media
old media
old-media
otitis media
print media
printed media
social media
via media

Synonyms and antonyms of mass media in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «mass media» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MASS MEDIA

Find out the translation of mass media to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of mass media from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «mass media» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

大众传媒
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

medios de comunicación
570 millions of speakers

English

mass media
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मास मीडिया
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

وسائل الإعلام
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

СМИ
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

grande mídia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

গণমাধ্যম
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

médias
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Media massa
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Massenmedien
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

マスコミ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

매스미디어
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

media massa
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

phương tiện truyền thông đại chúng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வெகுஜன ஊடகம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

जनसंपर्क
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kitle iletişim araçları
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

mass media
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

mass media
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ЗМІ
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

mass-media
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μέσα μαζικής ενημέρωσης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

massamedia
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

massmedia
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

massemedia
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of mass media

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MASS MEDIA»

The term «mass media» is quite widely used and occupies the 24.533 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of mass media
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «mass media».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MASS MEDIA» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «mass media» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «mass media» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about mass media

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10 QUOTES WITH «MASS MEDIA»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word mass media.
1
W. H. Auden
What the mass media offers is not popular art, but entertainment which is intended to be consumed like food, forgotten, and replaced by a new dish.
2
Lester Bangs
Here we are in the 70's when everything really is horrible and it really stinks. The mass media, everything on television everything everywhere is just rotten. You know it's just really boring and really evil, ugly and worse.
3
Warren Beatty
When you mutilate movies for mass media, you tamper with the hearts and minds of America.
4
Ulrich Beck
Neither science, nor the politics in power, nor the mass media, nor business, nor the law nor even the military are in a position to define or control risks rationally.
5
Zbigniew Brzezinski
But if Russia is to be part of this larger zone of peace it cannot bring into it its imperial baggage. It cannot bring into it a policy of genocide against the Chechens, and cannot kill journalists, and it cannot repress the mass media.
6
Guy Burgess
The mass media in the days of newspapers and television it's hard to be able to find a story that's about just what you're interested in at the time you're interested in it.
7
John le Carre
I suffer from the same frustration that every decent American suffers from. That is, that you begin to wonder whether decent liberal instincts, decent humanitarian instincts, can actually penetrate the right-wing voice, get through the steering of American opinion by the mass media.
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Noam Chomsky
There's plenty to criticize about the mass media, but they are the source of regular information about a wide range of topics. You can't duplicate that on blogs.
9
Sibel Edmonds
And you see many people just turning away from these channels of mass media, and they're just turning in to alternative providers, because they just see what's happening.
10
Jacques Ellul
It is the emergence of mass media which makes possible the use of propaganda techniques on a societal scale.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MASS MEDIA»

Discover the use of mass media in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to mass media and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Mass Media and Society
This fourth edition has been fully updated and contains 13 new chapters on key topics, ranging from post-feminism to war journalism as entertainment.
James Curran, Michael Gurevitch, 2005
2
The Reality of the Mass Media
In The Reality of the Mass Media, Luhmann extends his theory of social systems—applied in his earlier works to the economy, the political system, art, religion, the sciences, and law—to an examination of the role of mass media in the ...
Niklas Luhmann, 2000
3
Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media
An intellectual dissection of the modern media to show how an underlying economics of publishing warps the news. From the Trade Paperback edition.
Edward S. Herman, Noam Chomsky, 2011
4
Mass Media: A Bibliography with Indexes
The selective bibliography gathers the books and magazine literature over the previous ten years while providing access through author, title and subject indexes.
James B. Martin, 2002
5
Mass Media Research
Reflecting the latest developments from the field, this popular book delivers a comprehensive overview of mass communication research and a thorough exploration of each major approach--including qualitative research, content analysis, ...
Roger Wimmer, Joseph Dominick, 2013
6
The Right to Tell: The Role of Mass Media in Economic ...
This book explores the role of the news media in promoting equitable economic development, and considers the obstacles it faces as a catalyst for change and growth.
Roumeen Islam, 2002
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Mass Media and National Development: The Role of Information ...
Examines the importance of effective and free-flowing information systems. considering especially the ways in which mass media can stimulate social and economic development in emerging nations
Wilbur Lang Schramm, 1964
8
The Whole World is Watching: Mass Media in the Making & ...
New preface for this classic of media studies. One of the founders of SDS describes the response of the various news organizations and arrives at the way the New Left came to be characterized.
Todd Gitlin, 1980
9
Mass Media and the Shaping of American Feminism, 1963-1975
This mass media promotion of the feminist profile, however, proved to be a double-edged sword, according to Patricia Bradley, author of Mass Media and the Shaping of American Feminism, 1963-1975.
Patricia Bradley, 2004
10
Diversity in U.S. Mass Media
Diversity in U.S. Mass Media provides comprehensive coverage of the evolution and issues surrounding portrayals of social groups within the mass media of the United States.
Catherine A. Luther, Carolyn Ringer Lepre, Naeemah Clark, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MASS MEDIA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term mass media is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Azerbaijani mass media as means of propaganda: “Turan”
The Azerbaijani mass media are fully dependent upon government funding and as a result have become a means of propaganda and do not ... «Armenpress.am, Jul 15»
2
West Virginia Judicial Commission Clears Top Justice in Ethics Matter
“The commission does not accept as proof allegations made in the mass media,” Wilson wrote. A copy of the opinion was emailed to ABC News ... «ABC News, Jul 15»
3
Trump Is Defying Conventional Wisdom
The first reason is that Americans distrust mass media. According to Gallup, only 40 percent of Americans are confident, “in the media's ability ... «Daily Caller, Jul 15»
4
So. Lame. The Art That Convinced Someone There Was a …
... in a universe of rampant capitalism and mass media, to create a teeny little alternative, like a bit of noise that might make you wonder what's ... «TheStranger.com, Jul 15»
5
Gov Joey's 'to do list' for next president
Unfortunately because of the nature of competition in our mass media, there is the tendency to focus on the sensational news stories. «Philippine Star, Jul 15»
6
Media and Election Policy Statement coverage
The mass media takes the responsibility for providing this wisdom where people are be equipped with information about the public policy ... «Lankaweb, Jul 15»
7
Vatican Mayors Summit Spots Pope on Municipal Pulpit
... disposable undermines social capital - with mass media playing an essential role in unwiring our common sensibilities and unraveling trust. «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
8
Increased reports of officer misconduct associated with larger police …
"Cases of police-use of excessive force are often highlighted in mass media and social media, but these are just a few incidents that occur out ... «Phys.Org, Jul 15»
9
Globalization was a bust from the get-go
The results are also hardly surprising, though rarely bemoaned by a mass media that has long since swallowed the Kool-Aid of corporate ... «Hamilton Spectator, Jul 15»
10
Under New Work Requirement, Thousands in Wisconsin Could …
The population we're talking about is a very small subset of that. And so to do more of a large-scale mass media push really confuses members ... «WUWM, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Mass media [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/mass-media>. May 2024 ».
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