new media

noun

, (usually used with a plural verb)

1. developing forms of media, usually electronic, regarded as being experimental.

new media

noun

1. Compare old media
   1. the internet and other postindustrial forms of telecommunication
   2. ( as modifier )

      the new-media industry

Word History and Origins

Origin of new media¹

First recorded in 1990–95

Example Sentences

Deeply retrograde, reactionary politics find life in the new media landscape.

From Slate

The seeds of these failures were planted decades ago, at the dawn of online fact-checking, when scholars and news innovators still believed that new media might be a boon to both journalism and democracy—and almost no one was willing to entertain the proposition that the internet might actually make everything worse.

From Slate

This has convinced some listeners that the truth is more likely to be found in new media spaces.

From Salon

They’ve hidden themselves in the racks, tucked behind books and magazines, amidst history and fiction, new media and old.

From Los Angeles Times

Plans call for programs at the studio intended to engage students at Hollywood High, which has magnet programs in performing arts and new media.

From Los Angeles Times