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Media vs. Medium
Media
/ˈmiːdiə/Examples:
knowledge, financial markets, e-book sales, social media "likes").The debate was broadcast live on national media channels.Print media has seen a decline due to digital subscriptions.
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This word has no antonymsMedium
/ˈmiːdiəm/Examples:
He never uses the media like this.Turgidson said, 'Well, kind of medium, Mister President.'He's only medium tall and kinda thin.
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Ways to tell them apart:
- Media and medium both stem from Latin origins, but they are used in different contexts.
- Media is the plural form of medium, even though media is used as a singular noun in many modern contexts.
- You can remember medium as something singular, like a medium of expression or a single method.
- Media often refers to mass communication channels, like TV and newspapers, thus more than one form of communication.
- When thinking of a single type, like a medium of art, it helps to recall that artists often work in a specific medium.
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