Question

Which of the following statements are correct about the First Media Age?
A. It influences individual experience of space and time.
B. Pre-disposed to state control.
C. It is centered where few speak to many.
D. An instrument of regimes of stratification and inequality.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

• A. A, B and D only
• B. A and D only
• C. A, C and D only
• D. B, C and D only

Hint:

Think of broadcasting: one source, many receivers, central control. Space-time change belongs to the digital age.
Statements B, C, D fit the First Media Age.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is D

Step 1: Understanding the concept:
The First Media Age is a term from media theory (Mark Poster). It describes the age of broadcasting: press, radio and television. In this age a central source sends the same message to a large mass audience. The Second Media Age is the age of interactive digital media, where many people can speak to many.

Step 2: Key approach:
We test each statement against the main features of broadcast media: one-way flow, central control and unequal access to the right to speak. Then we match the true statements with the four options.

Step 3: Check statement (A):
The change in how people feel space and time is the headline effect of the Second Media Age. Internet and mobile media let users act in a virtual space and in real time across places. Broadcasting did not change the individual's sense of space and time in this way. So (A) does not fit the First Media Age and is treated as FALSE.

Step 4: Check statement (B):
Broadcast channels need licences, costly equipment and a few large organisations. This makes them easy for a state to control, own or censor. So (B) is TRUE.

Step 5: Check statement (C):
The model is a few producers speaking to many receivers, with little chance to reply. This is the core idea of the First Media Age. So (C) is TRUE.

Step 6: Check statement (D):
Because only a few groups hold the power to speak, the system keeps older divisions of class, power and voice in place. Media in this age are seen as an instrument of stratification and inequality. So (D) is TRUE.

Step 7: Match with the options:
Statement C is true, so options 1 and 2 (which leave out C) are wrong. Option 3 uses A, which is false. Option 4 uses B, C and D, which are all true.

Final Answer:
The true statements for the First Media Age are B, C and D, which is option 4. \[ \boxed{\text{Option 4: B, C and D only}} \]