Is the correct grammar "media is" or "media are"?

Question

Melody - isn't "media" an entirely different thing than THE media?

Answer 1

'Media' is a peculiar word because, 'media', like data, is the plural form of a word borrowed directly from Latin.
The singular, medium, early developed the meaning “an intervening agency, means, or instrument” and was first applied to newspapers two centuries ago. Although in the 1920's 'media' began to appear as a singular collective noun, sometimes with the plural 'medias'. This singular use is now common in the fields of mass communication and advertising, but it is not frequently found outside them:

The media is (or are) not anti-business.

Answer 2

the correct grammar is "media are"
the word media is the plural form of the word medium
here is an example sentence:
Media are communication forms that consist of print forms, such as newspapers and magazines, and electronic forms, such as radio and television.

Answer 3

the media are____.

this is if you are talking of the news media, if you are talking of the medium of a source (ie a book, a magazine, a movie, etc.) then it would be the media is___.

Answer 4

media are
medium is

medium is plural therefore "are' is correct