media

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ mass

▪

The event was widely covered by the mass media.

▪ audio-visual, broadcast (esp. BrE), news, print, visual

▪

Their PR officer handles TV, radio, and print media interviews.

▪ digital, electronic, interactive, streaming

▪

They broadcast streaming media to PCs.

▪ foreign, international, local, national, Western

▪ corporate, mainstream, official, popular

▪ left-wing, right-wing

▪ conservative, liberal (both esp. AmE)

VERB + MEDIA

▪ accuse, blame, criticize

▪

Some blame the media for propagating negative stereotypes.

▪ control, manipulate

▪

There is a perception that the government controls the media.

▪ dominate

▪

One story has dominated the media this week.

MEDIA + VERB

▪ cover sth, report sth

▪

The local media reported rioting across the country.

▪ portray sb/sth (as sth)

▪ focus on sth, pick sth up (esp. AmE), pick up on sth

▪

I think the media picked up on the story because she's a woman.

▪ ignore sth

▪ be biased

▪

They believe that the media is biased against them.

MEDIA + NOUN

▪ attention, coverage, interest, publicity, reporting

▪

There was a lot of media coverage of the wedding.

▪ campaign

▪ report

▪ event

▪

Music has been turned into a series of media events.

▪ blitz, circus, frenzy, hype

▪

The company is anxious to play down the media hype.

▪ spotlight

▪ image

▪

She's very different from her media image.

▪ darling

▪

The two gangsters were media darlings in the 60s.

▪ bias

▪ blackout, censorship

▪ freedom

▪ relations

▪ critic, person, pundit

▪ baron, magnate, mogul, tycoon

▪ ownership

▪ company, conglomerate, empire, giant, group, interests, organization, outlet

▪ awareness, literacy, studies

PREPOSITION

▪ through the media, via the media

▪

propaganda through the media

PHRASES

▪ access to the media

▪ the role of the media