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: Recall the theory:
Media thinkers split media history into two stages. The first is one-to-many broadcasting under central control. The second is many-to-many networked communication. Every statement here must be placed in one of these two stages.

Step 2: Sort the statements by stage:
I will put each statement in the stage where it belongs. After that, the options that match the First Media Age can be picked easily.

Step 3: Statement C belongs to the first stage:
Few speak to many describes a newspaper office, a radio station or a TV channel talking to the public. It is the textbook definition of the First Media Age, so C is certainly in the answer. This removes options 1 and 2 because both leave C out.

Step 4: Statement A belongs to the second stage:
Reshaping how a person lives space and time, for example by chatting live with someone in another country, is a result of networked and digital media. Broadcasting only delivered content at the same time to everyone. So A is not a claim for the First Media Age, and option 3 fails.

Step 5: Statements B and D belong to the first stage:
A few big broadcasters can be licensed, owned or pressured by the state, so B holds. The same concentration of voice keeps social hierarchies and inequality in place, so D holds.

Step 6: Pick the option:
Only option 4 contains exactly B, C and D.

Final Answer:
The statements that hold for the First Media Age are B, C and D. \[ \boxed{\text{Option 4}} \]