Literacy media is an academic concept and interdisciplinary research field that investigates the diverse forms, channels, and technologies through which reading, writing, communication, and meaning-making are enacted and shaped. It examines the dynamic relationship between literacy practices and the material, digital, and social media environments in which they occur. This field explores how different media influence the acquisition, development, and expression of literacy, considering the social, cultural, and cognitive implications of media on literacy engagement. Key characteristics include a focus on the affordances and constraints of various media, the evolution of literacy practices across historical and technological shifts, the study of multimodal communication, and the critical analysis of media's role in shaping access, power, and identity through literacy. Its significance lies in providing frameworks to understand and navigate contemporary literacy landscapes, informing educational approaches, media studies, communication theory, and social analyses of information dissemination and knowledge creation in a media-rich world.