broadcast medium
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3.4
- noun
- /ˈbrɔːdˌkæst ˈmiːdiəm/
:
medio de difusión
- Radio is a popular broadcast medium for music and news across the country.
- print and broadcast medium
- film and broadcast medium
Examples
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Sources maintained that broadcast media did not grant sufficient access to opposition parties and critical NGOs.
Blog text (22) -
Be sure to publicize these performances via outlets such as newspapers and broadcast media.
Academic text (2009) -
For some, Twitter is a social network, and for others, it is just a broadcast medium.
Blog text (10) -
In the major cities, broadcast media offer more programs and radio call-in shows.
Academic text (1993) -
The broadcast media must be more creative in educating the public.
Academic text (2000) -
The focus of this article is on broadcast media because that type of interview is most likely to leave the young person feeling disempowered.
Academic text (2009) -
At the same time, the broadcast media seem to be gaining ground in sponsoring debates.
Academic text (1993) -
In recent years, anabolic steroid use among professional athletes has received significant coverage in print and broadcast media.
Academic text (2006) -
The broadcast media are afraid to go against a perceived popular consensus, to alienate people, to take unpopular stands.
Academic text (2003) -
The broadcast medium of television reaches millions of viewers every day.
Synonyms
∞
2.1
Main ways of sending news and information to many people, like TV or newspapers
230
3.6
An official way to send information
116
4.1
A way to send or store information, for example television
3
3.4
A way to send information between people, groups, or devices
1
3.8
A way to send information to many people, like TV or radio
How Wide
- Specialized
3
2.9
- Texting
3
3.4
180
1.3
22
1.8
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is a straightforward composition of 'broadcast' (to transmit by radio/TV) and 'medium' (a channel), so a learner who knows both words can infer it denotes a channel used for broadcasting. This is a common, compositional noun phrase pattern found across languages and should be immediately understandable to a B1 learner.
Etymology
Broadcast medium comes from the word broadcast, which once meant to 'cast' seeds 'broadly' across a field, and medium, a way things move or spread. So a broadcast medium is a channel that sends or spreads information widely to many people.