(anatomy) The middle layer of the wall of a blood vessel or lymph vessel which is composed of connective and muscular tissue. / (linguistics, dated) A voiced stop consonant.

plural of medium

(often treated as uncountable) Means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting information.

(computing) Clipping of multimedia.

(historical) A region in northwestern Iran, originally inhabited by the Medes / (historical) The territories corresponding to the empire ruled by dynasts from Media.

(proscribed) plural of media

plural of media

A system of government in which the populace votes but the media hold power through influence.

An advocacy-group tactic of framing issues as public issues, exposing questionable, exploitative, or unethical practices, and forcing media coverage by buying media time or creating controversy that is likely to receive extensive news coverage.

Collectively, the communications media, especially television, radio, and newspapers, that reach the mass of the people.