digital media

noun

1

: material presented in digital (see digital entry 1 sense 2) form for communication or artistic expression : digital images, audio recordings, texts, videos, etc.

The exhibition explores three central themes: living with fire, learning with fire, and creating with fire. … The collection features photography, painting, installation, sculpture, ceramics, textiles and digital media.

—Molly Enking

Kahle [Brewster Kahle, founder of the Internet Archive] sees parallel preservation problems with other forms of digital media that exist on corporate platforms, such as ebooks and streaming-only movies.

—Joe Pinsker

An NFT is a secure, blockchain-based record that represents pieces of digital media.

—The Economist

2

: mass media that is distributed digitally and especially on the Internet

print, broadcast, and digital media

Just as students are taught how to assess academic sources, they should receive structured lessons on how to evaluate digital media …

—Abigail Fishman

… the largest local broadcast and digital media company in the U.S. …

—Kirsty Hatcher

What is unique, and uniquely concerning, about digital media is the speed with which properly packaged (dis)information can spread and how hard it is for fact and reason to catch up.

—Michael Hirschorn

Word History

First Known Use

1972, in the meaning defined at sense 1