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The Evolution of Social Media
When you look at the history of social media it started as a small device to relay information and become a huge group of things that allow communication around the world. With each change it allowed more and more people access and also allowed it to reach further. We went from a small telegraph that sent codeto a single location , to large complex group of codes that send music, video, and conversations to many locations everywhere -
The Telegraph
The Chappe Brothers sent the message "si vous réussissez, vous serez bientôt couverts de gloire" (If you succeed, you will soon bask in glory) between Brulon and Parce, a distance of 16 kilometres -
US telephone exchange
The first commercial US telephone exchange opened in New Haven, Connecticut. -
Marconi Radio
Marconi transmits first radio signals from his father's Bologna property -
First Radio Broadcast
NBC becomes the first radio station to broadcast in the US -
TV
TV is introduced at the NY World's Fair -
Email
MIT Develops Compatible Time Sharing System (CTSS) and firt mail command is added. -
World Wide Web
Tim Berners-Lee develops the world wide web and tests at CERN -
The 1990s
Online Newspapers and Magazines start appearing -
Google
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Blogger created
This first blog sites go live on the internet allowing for a new form of social media -
Wikipedia
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Facebook and Myspace
social media sites such as Facebook and my space hit the web throughout this time span there is an increase in the amount of new social media sites breaking on the net everything from flickr to vine to new things such as snap chat and music.ly. -
Facebook and Myspace
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Flickr
Flickr is created and allows another avenue for sharing photos -
YouTube
YouTube is created allowing users to share videos on the internet -
Twitter
Twitter is created allowing users to communicate in 140 characters or less -
Vine
Vine is created which allows for users to share short videos. -
Citations
"United States Early Radio History." United States Early Radio History. Web.
"The 1939 New York World's Fair." The 1939 New York World's Fair. Web. .
"Sir Tim Berners-Lee." World Wide Web Foundation. Web.
World Wide Web Timeline." Pew Research Center Internet Science Tech RSS. 2014. Web.
