57 Examples of Communication Media

John Spacey, September 26, 2021

Communication media are tools for communicating. A single type of tool is known as a medium and media is the plural. The following are common examples of communication media.

Billboards	Books
Carrier Pigeon	Catalogues
Classifieds	Comics
Concerts	Digital Advertising
Digital Chat	Digital Comments
Digital Forums	Digital Messaging
Digital Reviews	Documents
Ebooks	Email
Film	Holograms
Immersive Experiences	Journals
Letters	Loudspeakers
Magazines	Mixed Reality
Mobile Apps	Mobile Phones
Music	Newspapers
Outdoor Advertising	Paintings
Pamphlets	Performance Art
Photographs	Podcasts
Post	Posters
Presentation Slides	Public Speaking
Radio	Records
Remote Presence	Sculpture
Sensory Media	Signal Fire
Signal Lights	Social Media
Software	Streaming Audio
Streaming Video	Tapes and CDs
Teleconferencing	Telegraph
Telephones	Television
Video	Video Games
Webpages

Immersive experiences are media that feel somewhat real such that they surround you. For example, a digital art work that you step into such that it feels like reality has changed.

Mixed reality is the integration of the real world with media. For example, a teacher who is able to pull a digital hologram of a jet engine into a classroom when explaining jet propulsion.

Sensory media is the use of sense and sensation beyond sight and sound. For example, the use of smell in an amusement park attraction.

Remote presence is the ability to simulate your presence in a remote location. For example, sending a robot on a business trip to Paris that you can control as an immersive experience.

Software is often media. For example, a business system where employees enter notes about a customer or transaction.