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
Frederick Hess, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
Investigators believe Mayes was struck by a red Toyota sedan, police said in a social media post.
—Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Jan. 2025
An 11-year-old girl was playing with her friends in the snow after school when deputies in New York accused her of stealing a car and put her in handcuffs, a video shared to social media shows.
—Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 15 Jan. 2025
The social media giant launched various other disinformation initiatives, ranging from the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to spot COVID-19 and vaccine disinformation to suspending the account of President-elect Trump for his remarks around the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection.
—Miranda Nazzaro, The Hill, 14 Jan. 2025
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“Media.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/media. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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