Media and Society

me·di·a¹

ˈmēdēə/

noun

1. 

plural form of medium.

2. 

the main means of mass communication (especially television, radio, newspapers, and the Internet) regarded collectively.

"the campaign won media attention"

synonyms:

the press, the fourth estate, the news, the papers; broadcasting, publishing;  big media;  citizen journalism "the media went wild with the story of the singer's arrest" so·ci·e·ty 1.  the aggregate of people living together in a more or less ordered community. "drugs, crime, and other dangers to society" synonyms: the community, the (general) public, the people, the population;

To me media and society is how both effect each other. There are numerous forms of media new and old, even oral communication, which before this class I never would have considered media. There are also numerous types of societies. There wouldn't be media without society, but would there be societies without media? If so what would that be like? How dull, boring and quiet that world would be. So maybe there wouldn't be a society without media. This doesn't seem like something we will ever experience, media is constantly changing and adapting to our evolving world and people rely on it so the demand is there too. Media and society has become social media, so what's next?