Is media singular or plural?: Usage Guide
The singular media and its plural medias seem to have originated in the field of advertising over 70 years ago; they are still so used without stigma in that specialized field. In most other applications media is used as a plural of medium. The popularity of the word in references to the agencies of mass communication is leading to the formation of a mass noun, construed as a singular.
Edwin Meese 3d
James Lewis, Guardian Weekly
This use is not as well established as the mass-noun use of data and is likely to incur criticism especially in writing.
media
3 of 3plural of medium
Examples of media in a Sentence
Brian Steinberg, Variety, 27 May 2025
The Trump administration has also moved to dismantle the Voice of America and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty as those media outlets also receive funds from Congress.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 27 May 2025
According to Amazon, scammers monitor customer complaints in social media comments.
—Susan Tompor, USA Today, 27 May 2025
The district housed titans like The New York Times, the city's most respected newspaper, and The New Yorker, a sharp-witted rising star on the media scene that, even in 1928, held outsize influence among the cultural elite.
—/ Cbs News, CBS News, 25 May 2025
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“Media.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/media. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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