Playboy= something that guys read...came out in the 1950s
No, it is not. It is the plural of the Latin word "medium." A "mass medium" is another name for a method of communication that reaches large audiences. Radio is a mass medium (singular). Radio, television, movies, and the internet are examples of mass media (plural). Years ago, the terms "mass media" and "mass communication" were not in common use; in fact, they did not really become popular until the 1950s and 1960s, when scholars began to seriously study the effects that various types of media had on the public. Some people today use the word "media" as a singular-- they say "The media is important in society." But if you want to be grammatically correct, you will use it as a plural-- "The media are important in society."
These days, the mass media include radio, television, newspapers, magazines, books, movies, recorded music, and the internet. It should be noted that the term "media" was not in common use until the mid-1950s. Before the 1950s, the media were often referred to as "the press" (an old newspaper word, derived from the printing press)-- people referred to the print press (newspapers, books, magazines) and the electronic press (radio, movies, television, etc).
If you mean Mass Brass, then it is a piece of music from the 1950s
Mass Media Inc. was created in 198#.
Mieke Ceulemans has written: 'Mass media' -- subject(s): Women in mass media, Women in the mass media industry
types of mass media are: . radio .television .newspaper.
Els Schakenbos has written: 'Migranten en de media' -- subject(s): Audiences, Ethnic mass media, Immigrants, Mass media, Mass media and minorities
Gillian Doyle has written: 'Media ownership' -- subject(s): Economic aspects, Economic aspects of Mass media, Mass media, Mass media policy, Ownership
Yvonne Jewkes has written: 'Crime Online' 'Media and crime' -- subject(s): Crime in mass media, Mass media and crime, Mass media and criminal justice
Vincenzo Iannuzzi has written: 'I mass media e i loro segreti' -- subject(s): Mass media, Mass media and youth
Peter Humphreys has written: 'Media and media policy in Germany' -- subject(s): History, Mass media policy, Planning, Mass media 'West Germany and the politics of industrial modernisation' 'Media and media policy in West Germany' -- subject(s): History, Mass media policy, Planning, Mass media 'Work Sharing and the Public Sector'
Shira Loewenberg has written: 'Media in conflict prevention and peacebuilding strategies' -- subject(s): Mass media and peace, Mass media and war, Social conflict in mass media