This document traces the evolution of traditional media to new media across four ages: pre-industrial age, industrial age, electronic age, and new/information age. It provides examples of early forms of communication from cave paintings to codex books. It then outlines the development of printing press, typewriter, telegraph, and other innovations during the industrial age. The electronic age brought television, mainframe computers, and transistor radio. The information age saw the rise of personal computers, internet, smartphones, social media, and digital sharing platforms.