<P> Until the 1980s media relied primarily upon print and analog broadcast models , such as those of television and radio . The last twenty - five years have seen the rapid transformation into media which are predicated upon the use of digital technologies , such as the Internet and video games . However , these examples are only a small representation of new media . The use of digital computers has transformed the remaining ' old ' media , as suggested by the advent of digital television and online publications . Even traditional media forms such as the printing press have been transformed through the application of technologies such as image manipulation software like Adobe Photoshop and desktop publishing tools . </P>
when did the age of new media began
the 1980s