"mass communication" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: mass communications [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} mass communication (uncountable)
  1. Communication directed to the mass of the people or through mass media. Tags: uncountable Synonyms: Definition 2 [arts, communication, communications] Translations (communication): 大眾傳播 /大众传播 (dàzhòng chuánbō) (Chinese Mandarin), joukkoviestintä (Finnish), communication de masse [feminine] (French), Massenkommunikation [feminine] (German), tömegkommunikáció (Hungarian), komunikacja masowa [feminine] (Polish), สื่อสารมวลชน (Thai), truyền thông đại chúng (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-mass_communication-en-noun-c3sGogYi Categories (other): Communication, Mass media Disambiguation of Communication: 100 0 Disambiguation of Mass media: 99 1 Disambiguation of 'communication': 100 0
  2. The field of study concerning this. Tags: uncountable Translations (field of study): 大眾傳播 /大众传播 (dàzhòng chuánbō) (Chinese Mandarin), joukkoviestintä (Finnish), komunikacja masowa [feminine] (Polish), นิเทศศาสตร์ (ní-têet-sàat) (Thai), truyền thông đại chúng (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-mass_communication-en-noun-f9HxqnLl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Thai translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 94 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 14 86 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 5 95 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 95 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Thai translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of 'field of study': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Education Disambiguation of Education: 0 0

Alternative forms

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