The History of Social Media

Although my class is pretty far into IMS 201 I thought it would be interesting to find out how bloging and social networking/media all got started.  First I searched for the founder of blogging and I stumbled on a Brian E. Redman and did a google search which led me to this website on “The History of Social Media.” I found it very interesting that blogging could be traced back to the days of Julius Caesar when he wrote De Bello Gallico.  In 1690, when Benjamin Harris published the first independent newspaper, he left the last page blank so readers could write in their own input.  The list goes on into some pretty interesting detail.

~ by nelsonpa on September 29, 2008.