The document discusses the evolution of traditional new media through four ages:
1) Pre-Industrial Age (before 1700s) - People used tools like cave paintings, clay tablets, papyrus, and the printing press using wood blocks to transmit information.
2) Industrial Age (1700s-1930s) - Developments like the printing press enabled mass newspaper production, the typewriter was invented, and the telephone and motion pictures emerged.
3) Electronic Age (1930s-1980s) - Inventions like the transistor radio, television, computers and mainframes ushered in digital communication and computing.
4) Information Age (1900s-2000s) - The internet, websites,