Media is the debut studio album by American band The Faint, released on March 24, 1998, by Saddle Creek Records. Recorded at Whoopass Recording in Lincoln, Nebraska, the album documents the group's pre-dance-punk phase, emphasizing guitar-driven indie rock with pop elements.
Saddle Creek's describes Media as the band's debut full-length and characterize its style as a mix of 1990s indie rock and 1980s pop vocabulary, featuring hook-centered vocal writing and choruses layered with disjointed guitars and occasional keyboard motifs, aligning the record with indie rock while signaling the band's later electronic interests. AllMusic categorizes the release under Alternative/Indie Rock and New Wave/Post-Punk Revival.
Media was issued on CD and digital formats through Saddle Creek with catalog number LBJ-021-2. The band maintains a digital edition with full track audio on its official Bandcamp page.
AllMusic documents the album within the group's discography and places it stylistically in indie and new wave lineages. In a 2016 retrospective for Vice/Noisey, vocalist Todd Fink ranked Media last among the Faint's studio albums and described it as an early effort prior to the band identifying its signature sound.