Media may refer to:

Communication

* Media (communication), tools used to deliver information or data **

Advertising media Advertising is the practice and techniques employed to bring attention to a product or service. Advertising aims to put a product or service in the spotlight in hopes of drawing it attention from consumers. It is typically used to promote a ...

, various media, content, buying and placement for advertising ** Broadcast media, communications delivered over mass electronic communication networks ** Digital media, electronic media used to store, transmit, and receive digitized information ** Electronic media, communications delivered via electronic or electromechanical energy ** Hypermedia, media with hyperlinks ** Interactive media, media that is interactive **

Mass media Mass media refers to a diverse array of media technologies that reach a large audience via mass communication. The technologies through which this communication takes place include a variety of outlets. Broadcast media transmit informati ...

, technologies that reach a large audience via mass communication ** MEDIA Programme, a European Union initiative to support the European audiovisual sector **

Multimedia Multimedia is a form of communication that uses a combination of different content forms such as text, audio, images, animations, or video into a single interactive presentation, in contrast to tradit ...

, communications that incorporate multiple forms of information content and processing ** New media, the combination of traditional media and computer and communications technology ** News media, mass media focused on communicating news ** Print media, communications delivered via paper or canvas ** Published media, any media made available to the public **

Recording medium Data storage is the recording (storing) of information ( data) in a storage medium. Handwriting, phonographic recording, magnetic tape, and optical discs are all examples of storage media. Biological molecules such as RNA and DNA are c ...

, devices used to store information **

Social media Social media are interactive media technologies that facilitate the creation and sharing of information, ideas, interests, and other forms of expression through virtual communities and networks. While challenges to the definition of ''social me ...

, media disseminated through social interactions

Arts, entertainment, and media

* ''Media'' (album), the 1998 album by The Faint * ''Media'', a 2017 American TV thriller film directed by Craig Ross Jr. * List of art media, materials and techniques used by an artist to produce a work of art

Computing

* Media player (software), for playing audio and video * Storage media, in data storage devices

Life sciences

* Media, a group of insect wing veins in the Comstock-Needham system * Growth medium, objects in which microorganisms or cells can experience growth * Media filter, a filter consisting of several different filter materials * ''

Tunica media The tunica media ( New Latin "middle coat"), or media for short, is the middle tunica (layer) of an artery or vein. It lies between the tunica intima on the inside and the tunica externa on the outside. Artery Tunica media is made up of smooth ...

'', the middle layer of the wall of a blood vessel

Places

United States

* Media, Illinois * Media, Kansas *

Media, Pennsylvania Media is a borough in and the county seat of Delaware County, Pennsylvania. It is located about west of Philadelphia, the sixth most populous city in the nation with 1.6 million residents as 2020. It is part of the Delaware Valley metropol ...

Elsewhere

* Media (castra), a fort in the Roman province of Dacia * Media (region), a region of and former empire based in north-western Iran * Media, Africa, an Ancient city and former bishopric, now a Latin Catholic titular see in Algeria

Transport

* Media (automobile company) * , a World War II US Navy ship that was never commissioned * , a Cunard Line cargo liner in service 1948–61