主流媒体(英語:mainstreammedia,简称MSM)是新闻界的一个术语,是对影响大众的、反映并塑造主流思潮的各种大型大众新闻媒体的统称。与之相对的是另類媒體。 诺姆·乔姆斯基, "What makes mainstreammediamainstream", 1997年10月, Z Magazine
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