Media

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The term Media comes from a the plural of the Latin noun "medium," meaning 'in the midst' or 'an intervening space'. It has come into use in English to mean the material through or within which verbal or other means of communication are embodied (such as painting, wax cylinders, or DVD's) or transmitted (radio, television, or the Internet). In its broadest sense, it describes all forms of mass communication.


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