No. 223 in Russian
сми
Media (mass media).
In a sentence
СМИ активно освещают текущие события в стране.
The media actively covers current events in the country.
Used as a noun referring to the organized press or broadcasting outlets.
Сегодня мы обсуждали роль СМИ в современном обществе.
Today we discussed the role of the media in modern society.
Highlights the organizational nature and societal function of the media.
Развитие интернета изменило методы работы СМИ.
The development of the internet changed the methods of the media's work.
Indicating how tools and methods used by the media have evolved.
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