mediated
adj.adj. describing something that is not direct because it happens through a middle person, tool, or system. It means your experience is shaped by the thing you are using to see or hear it.
adj. experienced or achieved through an intervening agency, medium, or third party rather than directly. Often used to describe social interactions or perceptions shaped by technology or intermediaries.
Most of our news is mediated by social media algorithms.
In the modern era, much of our social life is mediated through digital screens rather than face-to-face interaction.
The philosopher argued that all human knowledge is mediated by language, suggesting that we can never perceive an objective reality entirely independent of the words we use to describe it.
Often follows a linking verb or precedes a noun; frequently paired with the preposition 'by' or 'through'.