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media event

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noun

a celebration, stunt, spectacle, or other activity carefully orchestrated to attract the attention of the news media.

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RELATED WORDS

nonevent, pseudo-event

Nearby words

  1. medfly,
  2. medford,
  3. media,
  4. media atropatene,
  5. media center,
  6. media literacy,
  7. mediacy,
  8. mediad,
  9. mediaeval,
  10. mediagenic

Origin of media event

First recorded in 1970–75
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    Unknown Caroline|Harry Siegel|December 20, 2008|DAILY BEAST
British Dictionary definitions for media event

media event

noun

an event that is staged for or exploited by the mass media, whose attention lends it an apparent importance
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