Noun

Singular media

Plural mediae

media (plural mediae)

1. (anatomy) The middle layer of the wall of a blood vessel or lymph vessel which is composed of connective and muscular tissue.
2. (linguistics, dated) A voiced stop consonant.
3. (engineering) The materials used to finish a workpiece using a mass finishing or abrasive blasting process.

Media may refer to:

In communication:

• Media (communication), tools used to store and deliver information or data
  • Advertising media, various media, content, buying and placement for advertising
  • Electronic media, communications delivered via electronic or electromechanical energy
    • Digital media, electronic media used to store, transmit, and receive digitized information
      • Electronic Business Media, digital media for electronic business
    • Hypermedia, media with hyperlinks
    • Multimedia, communications that incorporate multiple forms of information content and processing
  • Print media, communications delivered via paper or canvas
  • Published media, any media made available to the public
    • Mass media, all means of mass communication
      • Broadcast media, communications delivered over mass electronic communication networks
      • News media, mass media focused on communicating news
        • News media (United States), the news media of the United States of America
  • New media, media that can only be created or used with the aid of modern computer processing power
  • Recording media, devices used to store information
  • State media, media ultimately controlled by the state government

There are two main types of media - communication and one-way

In computing:

• Computer data storage devices, material objects which hold data used in computers
• Media player (application software), a piece of software designed to play audio and video

In history:

• Media, the homeland of Iranian Medes

In life science:

• Growth media, objects in which microorganisms or cells can experience growth
• Media filter, a filter consisting of several different filter materials
• Tunica media, the middle layer of the wall of a blood vessel

Other:

• Media (arts), materials and techniques used by an artist to produce a work
• Materials used to finish a workpiece in a mass finishing process or abrasive blasting process