Writing on the wall : social media, the first two thousand years / Tom Standage.
Standage, Tom, author.
2013
HM741 .S72 2013 (Mapit)
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Title Writing on the wall : social media, the first two thousand years / Tom Standage.
Author Standage, Tom, author.
Portion of Title Writing on the wall : social media, the first 2,000 years
Edition First U.S. edition.
ISBN 9781620402832 hardcover
1620402831 hardcover
Published New York, NY : Bloomsbury, 2013.
Language English
Description viii, 278 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Call Number HM741 .S72 2013
Dewey Decimal Classification 302.23/1
Summary Chronicles social media over two millennia, from papyrus letters that Cicero used to exchange news across the Empire to today, reminding us how modern behavior echoes that of prior centuries and encouraging debate and discussion about how we'll communicate in the future.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-267) and index.
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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.

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