GnuMusiq/media vector
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A media vector is any place where you might hear, or hear about, music:
- Radio (broadcast or internet)
- TV (likewise)
- YouTube
- in-store music
- listening stations at larger music retail stores (or streamed samples in online stores)
- loaned CDs, MP3s, mix tapes and CD-Rs
- music reviews in newspapers and magazines
- the Billboard charts (Hot 100 etc.)
- posters and ads for local bands, for shows, or for the latest release from a larger act
- recommendations from friends
Why "Vector"?
I thought about calling them "media channels" instead of "media vectors", but the word "channels" has become overused in this context and I'd rather start with a word that didn't have a set of not-quite-right associations already attached.
Think of "vector" in the medical sense – a means by which something is spread through a population.