I like “art” better. My mental referent for “media” is the news media, though, and that’s affecting my preference. If thinking of “media” as meaning “news outlets” isn’t common, media could also work. Art still has an esthetic edge though.
It’s a mess because these things shift fairly quickly (I think some of them cycle in less than a generation), and there’s no way to tell how old the person reading your essay is, aside from not knowing their tastes and background.
I like “art” better. My mental referent for “media” is the news media, though, and that’s affecting my preference. If thinking of “media” as meaning “news outlets” isn’t common, media could also work. Art still has an esthetic edge though.
Yeah, I’m just worried that they’ll think of paintings and stuff when they read “art”.
If you say “literature” earlier in the sentence that shouldn’t be too much of a problem. “Popular works” might be another term to consider.
That’s the same conclusion I came to, so I chose “art”. I use works later in the paragraph.
It’s a mess because these things shift fairly quickly (I think some of them cycle in less than a generation), and there’s no way to tell how old the person reading your essay is, aside from not knowing their tastes and background.