The '''media''' are businesses that report on scarce occurrences of interest to the public, such as [[election]]s, airplane crashes, [[stock market]] fluctuations and [[sport|sporting events]]. It is generally a term used to refer to methods of communicating to the general public, whether the communicated information is factual or opinion-based. Common media include [[newspapers]], [[television]], [[news channels]], and [[radio]]. | The '''media''' are businesses that report on scarce occurrences of interest to the public, such as [[election]]s, airplane crashes, [[stock market]] fluctuations and [[sport|sporting events]]. It is generally a term used to refer to methods of communicating to the general public, whether the communicated information is factual or opinion-based. Common media include [[newspapers]], [[television]], [[news channels]], and [[radio]]. |