The phrase "age of press" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a historical period characterized by the prominence and influence of printed media, particularly newspapers and magazines.
Example: "In the age of press, information spread rapidly, shaping public opinion and political discourse."
Alternatives: "era of journalism" or "period of print media".
LAST spring the financial press dubbed 1998 Asia's "Age Of The Deal".
In an age of corporate press releases touting Lady Gaga's latest outfit and the betting odds on Cheryl Cole's latest beau joining Strictly Come Dancing, Horsley was a blessed relief.
In many ways, the Li Gang case, as it is known, exemplifies how China's propaganda machine — able to slant or kill any news in the age of printing presses and television — is sometimes hamstrung in the age of the Internet, especially when it tries to manipulate a pithy narrative about the abuse of power.
Her book with human rights defender Ai-jen Poo, The Age of Dignity (New Press, 2014), about the ethical and economic aspects of caregiving work, will appear later this year.
The couple's most controversial book was "Crisis: Heterosexual Behavior in the Age of AIDS" (Grove Press, 1988), written with Dr. Kolodny.
And although it might seem a bit scandalous to anyone over the age of 30, the press coverage of the footage doesn't offer a fair representation of the hardworking people I know at Exeter".
But for Jean M. Twenge and W. Keith Campbell, psychologists and authors of "THE NARCISSISM EPIDEMIC: LIVING IN THE AGE OF ENTITLEMENT" (Free Press), the challenge must have been not finding examples but deciding which ones to leave out.
The Brontës had to write "Jane Eyre" and "Wuthering Heights" to make an impression; the Mitfords, living in an age of an avid press, only had to behave like their very odd selves.
Michelle Alexander, The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness (New Press, 2012).
The article is excerpted from Robert Crosby's newest book, The Teaming Church: Ministry in the Age of Collaboration (Abingdon Press).
