There are different kinds of Age in New Media, the Pre-industrial Age, Industrial Age, Electronic Age, and the Digital Age
The first one is the Pre-Industrial Age or the Pre-Historic Age, Prehistory is the period of human activity between the use of the first stone tool 3.3 million years ago and the invention of writing systems, the earliest of which appeared ~5300 years ago.Technology that predates recorded history. History is the study of the past using written records; it is also the record itself. Anything prior to the first written accounts of history is prehistoric (meaning "before history"), including earlier technologies.
The second one the Industrial Age, The Industrial Age is a period of history that encompasses the changes in economic and social organization that began around 1760 in Great Britain and later in other countries, characterized chiefly by the replacement of hand tools with power-driven machines such as the power loom and the steam engine, and by the concentration of industry in large establishments.
The third one is the Electronic Age, The Electronic age is the invention of the transistor ushered in the electronic age. People harnessed the power of transistor that led to the transistor communication became more efficient.
And last but not the least is the Digital Age, Digital Age or Informational Age is a period in human history characterized by the shift from traditional industry that the Industrial Revolution brought through industrialization, to an economy based on information computerization.The internet paved the way advanced the used of microelectronics with the invention of personal computers, devices wearable technology. Moreover, voice, image, sounds, and data are digitalized.