media outlets

Information distribution channels

Media outlets are organizations that produce and distribute news and information to the public—newspapers, television networks, radio stations, websites, and similar entities.

The term often appears in discussions of press coverage and public discourse: Several media outlets reported on the scandal.

She pitched the story to multiple media outlets.

journalism

reporting

Conveying documented information

investigation · fact-checking · byline · source · columnist · beat · scoop · exposé · muckraking · ombudsman

broadcast

television

Broadcast viewing device

  • radioElectromagnetic wave receiver
  • networkInterconnected system
  • cableHeavy-duty woven line

satellite · streaming · podcast · livestream · webcast · anchor · transmitter · antenna · airwaves · signal

digital

website

Online page collection

  • blogOnline personal journal
  • platformRaised flat structure
  • appMobile device software

aggregator · newsletter · RSS · clickbait · algorithm · viral · paywall · subscriber · comments · shares

ownership

conglomerate

Corporation spanning many industries

proprietor · stakeholder · merger · acquisition · consolidation · monopoly · independent · state-run · public · private

Categories
Opposites
public vs. private communication

media outletsprivate correspondence

Confidential written communication

personal letters · private messages · direct messages · sealed letters · pillow talk

institutional vs. informal information sources

media outletsword of mouth

Information passed through conversation

gossip · street talk · citizen journalism · rumor mill · rumor mills

mediated vs. direct experience

media outletsbeing there

State of attending

lived experience · primary sources · direct observation · raw data · seeing for oneself

Family

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