Meaning & use
social media
Websites and applications that let people create and share content and interact within online networks.
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She promotes her small business mainly through social media rather than paid advertising.
Many teenagers spend several hours a day scrolling through social media on their phones.
A note on using this word
"Social media" is usually treated as a singular mass noun in modern usage, as in "social media is changing," despite "media" being historically plural.
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