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Media manipulation

Calling Clinton a draft-dodger for getting a college deferment, while ignoring the fact that Dubya pulled strings to get himself past thousands of other people on the waiting list for the Texas Air National Guard after scoring in the 25th percentile on his flight test.
With enough media manipulation, people might actually think Governer Bush can find Canada on a map.
by DonH October 2, 2003
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Traditional Media

Pre Internet Publications (such as Newspapers Magazines Billboards Pin Buttons Newsletters Posters Mail Poster Cards Gift Cards TV)
by EmJayee April 1, 2019
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Socio Media

Sociopathic behavior on social media. Mostly “normal” people with basic interpersonal communication skills in the real world who tend to lose all sense of empathy and compassion for other human beings on the internet.

While online they become sadistic bullies, full of self-righteousness; and often attempt to come up with something clever or humorous to say at somebody else’s expense without any care for the feelings or personal struggles of others.
Any and every comment section is full of Socio Media experts.

Why does everybody on Socio Media think they're a comedian?
by Dunkin Pincushion October 9, 2021
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Social media

Cringe ' Crap 'abhorrent' abominable' odious' deplorable and other synonyms for bad describe social media
karl used Social media once his day was ruined
by None of your damn business September 30, 2022
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Media Strumpet

Someone who always knows where the TV cameras or other media devices are at all times and always makes sure they are noticed by them. Examples would be celebrities, politicians or sports figures. that have nothing of importance to say, but always make sure they wind up on-camera as often as they can. An individual of former importance that panders to the camera or other media devices to make sure they are seen despite their irrelevance today. Synonym: Attention Strumpet

The term strumpet originally meant a female prostitute, or a lady of "questionable" character. Media or Attention Strumpet includes members of both sexes who crave media attention
"The former vice-presidential candidate continues to inanely talk about things (s)he knows nothing of. (S)he is nothing but an attention strumpet."

" That football player is a giant media strumpet. He knows where the cameras are at all times and makes sure he is noticed by them. "
by Jerold in Citrus Park February 6, 2020
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media-jack

verb. (media-jacking, media-jacked, media-jacker)
Using the term "jack" (used here as "to steal") this refers to the situation in which one person is using one medium (of entertainment or otherwise) and another person 'jacks' the other person's attention to another medium.

For example, when one person is listening to music and playing on the computer and another person puts on a movie for the first person to watch.
Person one (the "media-jacker") -"Hey watch this awesome movie!"
Person two-"Aw, dude can't it wait? I'm facebooking and got some music on."
*movie begins, audibly trumping the music and dominating the attention of person two*
by Weats November 5, 2009
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media literacy

A term for critical thinking used by people who learned everything they know from video essays on YouTube.
Getting a joke is media literacy. Being good at Zelda is media literacy. Seeing this post is media literacy.
by Cranes June 21, 2023
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