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

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

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2026

With changes in travel, communication, and mass media, the world had accelerated; things now happened so fast it was sometimes difficult to keep up with them.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela