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An edition of Writing on the Wall (2013)

Writing on the wall

social media, the first 2,000 years

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Chronicles social media over two millennia, from papyrus letters that Cicero used to exchange news across the Empire to today, reminding us how modern behavior echoes that of prior centuries and encouraging debate and discussion about how we'll communicate in the future.

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Bloomsbury
Language
English
Pages
278

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Subjects

Social media, Mass media, Communication, Social networks, History, Relations humaines, Histoire, Réseaux sociaux en ligne, Medien, Kommunikation, Gesellschaft, Skriftlig framställning, Historia, Sociala medier, Written communication, Social aspects, Social media--history, Hm1206 .s728 2013, 302.2244

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Table of Contents

Cicero's web
The ancient foundations of social media: why humans are wired for sharing
The Roman media: the first social-media ecosystem
How Luther went viral: the role of social media in revolutions (1)
Poetry in motion: social media for self-expression and self-promotion
Let truth and falsehood grapple: the challenges of regulating social media
And so to the coffeehouse: how social media promotes innovation
The liberty of printing: the role of social media in revolutions (2)
The sentinel of the people: tyranny, optimism, and social media
The rise of mass media: the centralization begins
The opposite of social media: media in the broadcast era
The rebirth of social media: from ARPANET to Facebook
Epilogue: History retweets itself.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-267) and index.

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Social media, the first 2,000 years

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302.2244
Library of Congress
HM1206 .S728 2013, P211, HM1206 .S83 2013

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viii, 278 pages
Number of pages
278

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OL32349019M
Internet Archive
writingonwallsoc0000stan
ISBN 10
1408842068
ISBN 13
9781408842065
OCLC/WorldCat
855704659

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