Writing On The Wall: Social Medi The First Two Thousand Years
Social media has changed throughout the course of history. Tom Standage’s book, “Writing on the Wall: Social Media - The First Two Thousand Years”, shows the evolution of social media. Throughout the book, he takes on many different perspectives that help fit the topic with his own definition of social media: “an environment in which information was passed from one person to another along social connections, to create a distributed discussion or community” (3). The chapter that least fits his definition in “Writing on the Wall: Social Media - The First Two Thousand Years” is chapter five, “Let Truth And Falsehood Grapple: The Challenges of Regulating Social Media”. The chapter that most fits the definition is chapter one, “The Ancient Foundations
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Pamphlets are little informational papers or small booklets containing a single subject or idea. The chapter takes place during the late sixteenth century, a period of time when Queen Elizabeth was considering marrying a Catholic which alarmed English Protestants, and into the latter half of the seventeenth century in Great Britain. An example of these pamphlets is when the king and parliament, in 1642, were trying to appeal to public opinion in order to gain more power.
Pamphlets are a hard a way to spread the knowledge in the time, because there was strict restrictions: “Accordingly, over the course of the sixteenth century increasingly strict controls imposed across Europe on what could be printed, and by whom.” (84). This does not show that everybody in the community could give a distributed voice to the discussion. This is why it does not support Tom Standage’s definition of social media.
In chapter one, it talks of the origins of many forms of writing and the need for humans socialize. It takes pace throughout thousands of years. He talks of the origins of written document and were first made around 3400 BCE, and later to 3100 for ideograms, that allowed people to write names. All lead to the first letters and a written way of
Pamphlets are little informational papers or small booklets containing a single subject or idea. The chapter takes place during the late sixteenth century, a period of time when Queen Elizabeth was considering marrying a Catholic which alarmed English Protestants, and into the latter half of the seventeenth century in Great Britain. An example of these pamphlets is when the king and parliament, in 1642, were trying to appeal to public opinion in order to gain more power.
Pamphlets are a hard a way to spread the knowledge in the time, because there was strict restrictions: “Accordingly, over the course of the sixteenth century increasingly strict controls imposed across Europe on what could be printed, and by whom.” (84). This does not show that everybody in the community could give a distributed voice to the discussion. This is why it does not support Tom Standage’s definition of social media.
In chapter one, it talks of the origins of many forms of writing and the need for humans socialize. It takes pace throughout thousands of years. He talks of the origins of written document and were first made around 3400 BCE, and later to 3100 for ideograms, that allowed people to write names. All lead to the first letters and a written way of