social media

noun

plural in form but singular or plural in construction

: forms of electronic communication (such as websites for social networking and microblogging) through which users create online communities to share information, ideas, personal messages, and other content (such as videos)

Examples of social media in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Newsweek has contacted Wilkins’s attorney via email and Parker via social media message outside of regular working hours for comment. —Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2025

Mamdani’s unprecedented ability to dominate the internet has led many to attribute his rise wholly to social media. —Taylor Lorenz, HollywoodReporter, 5 Nov. 2025

Still, the comments caused some social media uproar, which tapped into longstanding critiques over Rosalía’s relationship with Latin music and its Afro-Carribean roots as a singer from Spain. —Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 5 Nov. 2025

That’s why the midterms will likely have a heavy emphasis on candidate visits to podcasts and social media streaming shows, among other non-traditional outlets, in addition to the usual network and mainstream media stops. —Ted Johnson, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1994, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for social media

• comedia
• commedia
• cyclopaedia
• cyclopedia
• hypermedia
• intermedia
• multimedia
• encyclopaedia
• encyclopedia

Kids Definition

social media

singular or plural noun

: forms of electronic communication (as websites for social networking and microblogging) through which users create online communities to share information, ideas, personal messages, and other content (as videos)