History of Social Media (Prior to 1900)

Postal Service

550 BCE

Earliest form of postal service

Telegraph

1792

allowed messages to be delivered over a long distance faster than a horse and rider

Pneumatic Post

1865

way to deliver letters quickly between people. This is underground pressurized tubes that carry a capsule from one place to another

Telephone

1890

allowed us to communicate instantaneously

Radio

1891

Allowed us to hear news/stories right away