mass media

NOUN

communications industry

Synonyms

STRONGEST

broadcasting media

WEAK

electronic media information media press radio television

Example Sentences

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Habermas critiqued what he saw as the commodification of mass media and entertainment, arguing that a mass-produced culture destroys critical public debate.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026

Friday, the Thirteenth author Lawson, himself a noted stock manipulator who used the mass media of his era to influence markets and make and lose a fortune, called it “the Wall Street hoodoo-day.”

From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2026

Companies for decades relied on mass media and its journalists for publicity, also known as “earned media,” but that avenue has been shrinking for years.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025

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

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock