Advertising | Animation |
Branding | Broadcast Media |
Culture Industries | Digital Media |
Educational Media | Entertainment Industry |
Fashion Industry | Film Industry |
Graphic Design | Journalism |
Literature | Live Broadcasting |
Marketing | Media Festivals & Events |
Mobile Apps | Movie Theaters |
Music Industry | Performance Art |
Photojournalism | Podcasts |
Publishing Industry | Public Relations |
Public Speaking | Radio |
Social Media | Sports Media |
Streaming Media | Theatre |
Theme Parks | Video Games |
Virtual Reality | Websites |
Overview
The media industry is economic activity based on communicating to large audiences. This includes completely commercial pursuits such as marketing, organizational communications such as public relations and cultural pursuits such as theater.
Discussion
The publishing industry includes books, magazines, newspapers, comics, references, blogs and research in both paper and digital formats. It also produces audio formats such as audiobooks.Fashion is viewed as being an element of communication whereby it expresses culture and identity. As such, it can be loosely viewed as media.Theme parks are media in the sense that they offer things like performances and immersive experiences.The media industry overlaps with other major industries. For example, a theme park can be viewed as belonging to the media, entertainment, hospitality and tourism industries.Industries such as the film industry or music industry can be viewed as subcategories of the media industry. However, these are both massive industries in their own right.The media industry draws large scale participation from many content producers including individuals, small groups and small firms. This is due to the relatively low barriers to entry for pursuits such as podcasting, music production and vlogging.| Overview: Media Industry | ||
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Definition | A business model based on communicating information, art and entertainment to a large audience. | |
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