printed media

Meaning

1. 1noununcountable

   Newspapers, magazines, and other information sources that are printed on paper rather than broadcast or published online.

   Grammar: No plural and no article: say 'printed media' or 'the printed media', not 'a printed media'.

   Patterns

   • the printed media
   • in the printed media
   • printed media coverage

   Older readers still trust the printed media more than online news sites.

   The story first appeared in the printed media before it spread on social networks.

   Advertising in the printed media has fallen sharply over the last ten years.

Common combinations

the printed media

The printed media were slow to report the scandal.

printed media coverage

The election received heavy printed media coverage.

in the printed media

You can find the full interview in the printed media this weekend.

the decline of the printed media

The decline of the printed media has changed how we get our news.

Synonyms and how they differ

the press

This usually means newspapers and the journalists who work for them, and can include their online versions, while 'printed media' stresses the paper format.

print media

A shorter, very common form of the same idea; it is slightly more informal and often used in business contexts.

Opposites

Word family

print verb

to produce words or pictures on paper using a machine

printer noun

a machine that prints, or a person whose job is printing

printing noun

the process or business of producing printed material

Commonly confused: printed media or social media?

Practice

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