technology which enables media
includes print and the electronic media technologies:
- the telegraph
- telephony
- radio
- television
- the Internet
In a broader sense, media technologies are those which provide some interface; as this is an inherent property of any tool, all technology is media technology. The perspective of technology as media, promulgated by Marshall McLuhan and present in the research of institutions such as the MIT Media Lab, emphasizes the manner in which technology shapes people, at an individual and societal level.