What is Contemporary Media?

In my Contemporary Media class at Edward Wenzlaff Education Center, our first first post is to define Contemporary Media. I used an online search engine to help me define it. I'm not too familiar with the word so it's brand new new to me.

According to Google.com's Dictionary, the definition of contemporary and media is listed below.

Contemporary

adjective

1. 1.

   living or occurring at the same time.

   "the event was recorded by a contemporary historian"

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2. 2.

   belonging to or occurring in the present.

   "the tension and complexities of our contemporary society"

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noun

1. 1.

   a person or thing living or existing at the same time as another.

media

noun

1. plural form of medium.
2. the main means of mass communication (especially television, radio, newspapers, and the Internet) regarded collectively.