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History of Social Media (Prior to 1900)

  • 550 BCE

    First Form of Postal Service

    First Form of Postal Service
    One of the earliest methods of communicating across great distances was the use of the postal service and letters.
  • The Pneaumatic Post

    The Pneaumatic Post
    The pneumatic post created another way to get letters quickly delivered to their destinations.
  • The Invention of the Radio

    The Invention of the Radio
    The radio let one person get a message out to many people at once, it was a new form of communication, unlike anything seen before
  • The Telegraph Invented

    The Telegraph Invented
    The invention of the telegraph was huge, as it allowed messages to be communicated between long distances faster then ever done before.
  • The Invention of the Telephone

    The Invention of the Telephone
    This was huge as it now let people communicate longer distance using their voices, breaking the barrier of distance.