media advocacy

noun

An advocacy-group tactic of framing issues as public issues, exposing questionable, exploitative, or unethical practices, and forcing media coverage by buying media time or creating controversy that is likely to receive extensive news coverage.

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Meanings

nounmedia advocacy (uncountable)
  1. uncountableAn advocacy-group tactic of framing issues as public issues, exposing questionable, exploitative, or unethical practices, and forcing media coverage by buying media time or creating controversy that is likely to receive extensive news coverage.
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APA

media advocacy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/media%20advocacy

MLA

“media advocacy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/media%20advocacy. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “media advocacy,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/media%20advocacy.

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