An edition of Writing on the Wall
(2013)
Writing on the wall
social media, the first 2,000 years
by Tom Standage
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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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Writing on the Wall
Sep 11, 2014, Bloomsbury USA, Bloomsbury Paperbacks, Bloomsbury
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Writing on the Wall: Social Media - The First 2,000 Years
2014, Bloomsbury Publishing USA
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Writing on the wall: social media, the first 2,000 years
2013, Bloomsbury
in English
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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.
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-267) and index.
Self-Renewing 2017
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