Media: Upper-intermediate Spanish vocabulary

30 Spanish words about media at upper-intermediate level. Each entry links to the full meaning, a real example sentence, and usage notes written for English speakers.

• temanounsubject, topic — a matter or theme being discussed
• fuentenounsource — the origin or starting point of something; also a reference or citation
• públiconounaudience, public
• campañanouncampaign, drive
• tendencianountendency — an inclination towards a particular characteristic or behaviour
• exponerverbto exhibit, to put on display
• encuestanounsurvey, poll — a set of questions to gather opinions from a group
• marcanounbrand, trademark
• agencianounagency — an organisation acting on behalf of others or providing a specialised service
• audiencianounaudience —
• entretenerverbto entertain, to keep occupied
• topiconountopic, cliché — a theme; also an overused or trite saying
• emitirverbto issue, to emit
• explotarverbto explode, to blow up
• exagerarverbto exaggerate, to overstate
• coberturanouncoverage —
• provocar polémicaverbto spark controversy, to generate serious debate
• causar revueloverbto cause a stir, to create a buzz
• doblar (una película)verbto dub
• editornouneditor, publisher
• famanounfame, reputation
• publicitarioadjectiverelating to advertisements or the advertising industry
• formatonounformat
• guionistanouna person who writes scripts for films, television programmes or radio
• periodismonounthe profession and activity of gathering, writing and publishing news
• oyentenouna person who is listening, especially to a radio programme; lecture or speech
• informativonouna regularly scheduled radio or television programme presenting current news
• informarverbto inform, to report
• filtrarverbto leak, to filter
• narrativanounnarrative — a spoken or written account of connected events; a dominant public discourse