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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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Love Media

A fictional radio station corporation featured in the Grand Theft Auto series. Most likely a parody of a real radio corporation like Clear Channel, and such.
"You're listening to HEAD radio. Owned by Love Media. Making sure every radio station in America sounds EXACTLY the same!" Mike Hunt, DJ, Grand Theft Auto III
by Charmouche March 12, 2017
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Manchurian Media

Manchurian Media is an organization or individual responsible for providing facts but being used intentionally or unintentionally as a puppet, by a specific group, usually politicians, to ignore facts and spread disinformation.
The citizens of the town wanted to know the truth, but the manchurian media did not ask questions and seemingly ignored the facts.
by FactOrFiction11 December 22, 2020
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sexual media

A form of online communication between stranger with the express purpose of securing a booty call
Just going to check my sexual media for potential matches!
by Ivy_League January 14, 2020
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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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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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media vampire

Someone who attains fame by feeding off of media attention, yet has no talent nor contributes anything redeeming to society.
The Kardashians are media vampires. They possess no talent. Their fame is based solely on their ability to manipulate the media, and feed off of the hype.
by Skylar01 September 9, 2015
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