Information Science

Communications Media

The means of interchanging or transmitting and receiving information. Historically the media were written: books, journals, newspapers, and other publications; in the modern age the media include, in addition, radio, television, computers, and information networks.

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Abstract

The means of interchanging or transmitting and receiving information. Historically the media were written: books, journals, newspapers, and other publications; in the modern age the media include, in addition, radio, television, computers, and information networks.

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  • Media, Communications

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9 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, standards, statistics & numerical data, supply & distribution, trends.

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general or unspecified; prefer specifics

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History Note

98; use explode 1975-97

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Previous Indexing

  • Communication (1966-1997)
  • Mass Media (1978-1997)
  • specific medium (1966-1997)

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  1. L01w.462w.500w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Communications Media. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D003146. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D003146
  2. Communications Media. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_(communication)
  3. Communications Media. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q340169