The document discusses the evolution of media from traditional to new media. It describes how media has existed since prehistoric times in the form of cave paintings. Traditional media evolved during ancient civilizations with the development of hieroglyphics and early forms of paper in Egypt. The industrial age brought improvements to mass media through inventions like the printing press. The electronic age began new forms of electronic media with inventions like the telegraph, telephone, radio and television. Currently we are in the information age where the internet has changed media habits and how information is produced and consumed.