History of Social Media (Prior to 1900)

First Form of Postal Service

550 BCE

One of the earliest methods of communicating across great distances was the use of the postal service and letters.

The Pneaumatic Post

1865

The pneumatic post created another way to get letters quickly delivered to their destinations.

The Invention of the Radio

1891

The radio let one person get a message out to many people at once, it was a new form of communication, unlike anything seen before

The Telegraph Invented

1972

The invention of the telegraph was huge, as it allowed messages to be communicated between long distances faster then ever done before.

The Invention of the Telephone

1980

This was huge as it now let people communicate longer distance using their voices, breaking the barrier of distance.