History of Social Media

The Telegraph

1839

The Telegraph- Created by Wheatstone and Cooke. The telegraph used a communication concept call Morse Code. It was a method of using a series of dots to communicate.- Early process of communication. McFadden, C. (2019, July 16). A Chronological History of Social Media. Retrieved from https://interestingengineering.com/a-chronological-history-of-social-media

Transatlantic Cable

1858

The Transatlantic Cable (1858-1866) - A cable running through the Atlantic Ocean which allowed communication with the telegraph with mores code. -Early process of communication. McFadden, C. (2019, July 16). A Chronological History of Social Media. Retrieved from https://interestingengineering.com/a-chronological-history-of-social-media

Telephone

1876

The Telephone - The Telephone uses cables connected to a telephone network to communicate with one on one through audio.- Early process of communication. McFadden, C. (2019, July 16). A Chronological History of Social Media. Retrieved from https://interestingengineering.com/a-chronological-history-of-social-media

The Packet-Switching Network Development

1962

The Internet relies on packets to transfer data. Data is split into tiny packets that may take different routes to a destination. McFadden, C. (2019, July 16). A Chronological History of Social Media. Retrieved from https://interestingengineering.com/a-chronological-history-of-social-media

The IMP'S

1969

The Connection of four Computers that spoke the same language. The small computers were called Information Message Processes (IMPS). Connection was connected to Internet. McFadden, C. (2019, July 16). A Chronological History of Social Media. Retrieved from https://interestingengineering.com/a-chronological-history-of-social-media

The Birth of the Internet

1971

Ray Tomlinson Invented an email program to send messages across distributed networks. A test with side by side computers sending emails to each other. McFadden, C. (2019, July 16). A Chronological History of Social Media. Retrieved from https://interestingengineering.com/a-chronological-history-of-social-media

Listserv

1986

Eric Thomas Developed the concept if an automated mailing list manager. Automatic mailing system. A subscribing system. McFadden, C. (2019, July 16). A Chronological History of Social Media. Retrieved from https://interestingengineering.com/a-chronological-history-of-social-media

IRC

1988

Internet Rely Chat, Allow people to exchange message instantaneous through the internet.

Six Degrees.com

1996

One of the first social networking site. Founded by Andrew Weinreich in May 1996. Features such as profile, Friends list and school affiliations in one service.

Linkin

2003

Social Media for business. Either you're in employer or an employee looking for a job or searching for people to give a job opportunity. McFadden, C. (2019, July 16). A Chronological History of Social Media. Retrieved from https://interestingengineering.com/a-chronological-history-of-social-media

Facebook

2004

Facebook Is the most popular social media sites. All ages of people use facebook. Facebook stated off as posting and sharing messages. Today, It has evouled into a shopping area and more features. McFadden, C. (2019, July 16). A Chronological History of Social Media. Retrieved from https://interestingengineering.com/a-chronological-history-of-social-media

Youtube

2005

An Online Video Streaming platform. It allowed people to upload and share videos. Today, Youtube is taking over television. the lounging audience watches more youtube than Disney. McFadden, C. (2019, July 16). A Chronological History of Social Media. Retrieved from https://interestingengineering.com/a-chronological-history-of-social-media

Twittter

2006

Twitter is a very unique social media that allowed users to share massages only with 140 characters. Today, it has unlimited chararcters to share messages. McFadden, C. (2019, July 16). A Chronological History of Social Media. Retrieved from https://interestingengineering.com/a-chronological-history-of-social-media

Instagram

2010

Instagram is one of the highest used social media platforms. It started off with on upload photos, edit photo, and put interesting filter on photos. McFadden, C. (2019, July 16). A Chronological History of Social Media. Retrieved from https://interestingengineering.com/a-chronological-history-of-social-media