The first media age was related to

The first media age was related to broadcast media.

In this view the early era of mass media is marked by one-to-many transmission through radio and television.

A small centre produces content and sends it out to a large, passive and scattered audience.

Oral communication belongs to a far older pre-media stage and is not what the first media age names.

Inscription on stones is an ancient recording practice that predates the age of mass broadcasting.

Print publications formed an important earlier medium, yet the first media age in this framing is identified with broadcasting, while the interactive internet marks the second.