mediatize

The story

1. German · derived frommediatisieren
2. French · derived frommédiatiser
3. English todaymediatize

From French médiatiser, German mediatisieren.

First known use, by meaning

• from 19th c. To make (a state or leader under the Holy Roman Empire) into a mediate vassal rather than an immediate one, directly under the emperor; (by extension) to annex while preserving certain rights and titles.
• from 19th c. To reduce the effect of (something) by introducing a mediating agent.
• from 20th c. To filter (an event etc.) through the mass media; to exploit (something or someone) for media exposure; to propagandize via social media.