OBLONG MEDIA

A medium (plural media) is a carrier of something. A medium may provide transmission or storage of information, or both. The industries which produce news and entertainment content for the mass media are often called “the media” (in much the same way the newspaper industry is called “the press”). In the late 20th century, it became commonplace for this usage to be construed as singular (“The media is…”) rather than as the traditional plural. By covering news, politics, social and current affairs, entertainment, and vital events, OBLONG MEDIA aims to shape the dominant social and political picture of society. Beyond the media networks, independent news sources like OBLONG MEDIA have evolved to report on events which escape attention or underlie the major stories. In recent years, the blogosphere has taken reporting a step further, mining down to the experiences and perceptions of individual citizens.