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

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 • Feb. 20, 2026

Newspaper editorials, of course, rarely have much impact, especially these days, when no newspaper, not even the Times, struts the stage of mass media with the august authority it once held.

From Slate • Dec. 19, 2025

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

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock