Media means of communication, as radio and television, newspapers, and magazines, that reach or influence people widely.
Media may refer to:
Media (communication), tools used to store and deliver information or data:
• Advertising media, various media, content, buying and placement for advertising
• Broadcast media, communications delivered over mass electronic communication networks
• Digital media, electronic media used to store, transmit, and receive digitized information
• Electronic media, communications delivered via electronic or electromechanical energy
• Hypermedia, media with hyperlinks
• Mass media, all means of mass communications
• Multimedia, communications that incorporate multiple forms of information content and processing
• New media, a broad term encompassing the amalgamation of traditional media with the interactive power of computer and communications technology
• Print media, communications delivered via paper or canvas
• Published media, any media made available to the public
• Recording media, devices used to store information
• Social media, media disseminated through social interaction
Media (computing), tools used to store and deliver information or data:
• Computer data storage devices, material objects which hold data used in computers
• Media player (application software), a piece of software designed to play audio and videos