# media (communication)

a way that information can be received by many people through technology

- Computed level: L10 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: communication  ·  Arena: lexicon

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [information](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-information.knowledge), [technology](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-technology.tool), [people](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-people.social), [receive](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-receive.communication), [way](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-way.method)

**Through:** information and technology work together so many people can receive it

**Novel properties:**
- widespread information access
- technologically mediated delivery
- collective reception

## Examples
- The BBC broadcast the 1969 moon landing to an estimated 650 million viewers worldwide via satellite and television. *(institutions)*
- Twitter delivered real-time updates during the 2011 Japanese tsunami, reaching millions with emergency information and user-generated reports. *(computing)*
- The printing press enabled mass distribution of the Gutenberg Bible in 1455, making written knowledge widely accessible for the first time. *(engineering)*

## Used by
- [advertising](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-advertising.commercial) (L13)

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