Media mashups result from remixing existing media samples together to create something new, often satirical or ironic. Examples include video mashups, such as faux movie trailers, where the creators have spliced together two different movies to create a third, often humorous, one, juxtaposing the elements from the originals. Long before people were creating digital mashups, though, turntablists were mixing records and incorporating samples from other records to create new musical works, which now forms the basis for much current dance and electronic music.

Music mashups remain popular, where two songs are remixed digitally at the same tempo to create a new piece. Other media mashups include Machinima, the art of creating digital stories with images from video games.