Traditional Media to New Media

  • Pre-Industrial Age

    Pre-Industrial Age

    People had learned or discovered fire, developed paper from plants, and forged weapons and tools with stone, bronze, copper and iron.
  • Information Age

    Information Age

    This is were the Internet paved the way for faster communication and the creation of the social network. People advanced the use of microelectronics with the invention of personal computers, mobile devices, and wearable technology. Moreover, voice, image, sound and data are digitalized. We are now living in the information age.
  • Industrial Age

    Industrial Age

    This is were people discovered the used of power steam, developed machine tools, established iron production, and the manufacturing of various products (including books through the printing press)
  • Electronic Age

    Electronic Age

    People invented the transistor ushered in the electronic age. People harnessed the power of transistors that led to the transistor radio, electronic circuits, and the early computers. In this age, long distance communication became more efficient.