media event
noun
a celebration, stunt, spectacle, or other activity carefully orchestrated to attract the attention of the news media.
Origin of media event
First recorded in 1970–75
Words nearby media event
medfly,
medford,
media,
media atropatene,
media center,
media event,
media literacy,
mediacy,
mediad,
mediaeval,
mediagenic
Example sentences from the Web for media event
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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