Writing on the wall : social media- the first 2,000 years /

Standage, Tom

Writing on the wall : social media- the first 2,000 years / Tom Standage. - New York : Bloomsbury, c2013. - 278 p.: ill.; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents: The Ancient Foundations of Social Media: Why humans are Wired of Sharing-- The Roman Media: The First Social-Media Ecosystem-- How Luther Went Viral: The Role of Social Media in Revolutions (1)-- Poetry in Motion: Social Media for Self-Expression and Self-Promotion-- Let Truth and Falsehood Grapple: The Challenges of Regulating Social Media-- And So to the Coffeehouse: How Social Media Promotes Innovation-- The Liberty of Printing: The Role of Social Media in Revolutions (2)-- The Sentinel of the People: Tyranny, Optimism, and Social Media-- The Rise of Mass Media: The Centralization Begins-- The Opposite of Social Media: Media in the Broadcast Era-- The Rebirth of Social Media: From ARPANET to Facebook-- Epilogue: History Retweets Itself

9781408842065


Social media--History
Communication
Mass media
Social networks

HM 1206 / .S73 2013
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