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The character "媒" derives from its early use denoting a matchmaker, a role traditionally associated with women as indicated by the female radical (女), while the component 某 originally functioned as a phonetic element but also carried connotations of an indefinite or mediating entity. Its primary meaning centered on the person who arranged marriages, serving as a social intermediary, yet over centuries this specificity broadened to encompass the general concept of any intervening medium or agent. This semantic extension is evident in its application within terms for catalysts in chemical processes or in modern compounds referring to mass communication, reflecting a shift from a human role to an abstract function of connection and transmission.
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社交媒体很流行。
传统媒体正在变革。
互联网是重要媒介。
媒人促成了这段婚姻。
媒体对事件进行了报道。
多媒体教学越来越普遍。
社交媒体影响了年轻人的价值观。
媒介融合是传媒业的发展趋势。