Language and Media Dictionary of Key Terms (April 2016) Martin Montgomery

telephone media n. **** {see existing entry}

television media n. **** {see ‘writer’ in N. Abercrombie}

telex a network of teleprinters that is capable of sending text-based messages. Beginning in Germany in 1926, telex preceded the telephone network as the first medium for international communications through its use of standard signalling techniques and operating criteria. Although still in operation in certain industries, such as maritime and aviation, the use of telex has been largely superseded by fax and email systems. media n. sj

terrestrial broadcasting media n. **** {to Speech Technology}

tertiary text media n. **** {listed in ‘Text: tertiary text’}