digital media

American  

[dij-i-tl me-dee-uh] / ˈdɪdʒ ɪ tl ˈme di ə /

noun

1. (usually used with a singular verb) video, audio, software, or other content that is created, edited, stored, or accessed in digital form, through numeric encoding and decoding of data: Passionate amateurs can now afford to make and distribute independent movies using digital media, without the prohibitive costs of film.

   The distribution of digital media will soon outpace sales of print newspapers, magazines, and books.

   Passionate amateurs can now afford to make and distribute independent movies using digital media, without the prohibitive costs of film.

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Etymology

Origin of digital media

First recorded in 1985–90

Example Sentences

In addition to reaching young audiences where they prefer to spend time, digital media will allow the Disney flywheel to move faster than in the physical world, D’Amaro has said.

From The Wall Street Journal

Peretti said on Thursday’s earnings call that he believed BuzzFeed was being undervalued due to a “pessimistic view” of digital media in general, as well as the company’s debt from its 2021 public offering and its pre-COVID real-estate commitments.

From MarketWatch

The digital media company has broadly operated at a loss since its conception and is burdened by legacy commitments, Chief Financial Officer Matt Omer said Thursday.

From The Wall Street Journal

Over the past decade Kavanagh and her co-founder, Leila McGlew, had front-row seats at the rise and fall of mass digital media: Kavanagh worked on the commercial side of titles such as Vice and Refinery29, and McGlew on brand strategy and partnerships at Dazed and cultural research company Protein.

From The Wall Street Journal

"The scale is truly alarming and this war has made it impossible to ignore now," says Timothy Graham, a digital media expert at the Queensland University of Technology.

From BBC