By: Connie Piggott

Social Media A brief history of …

What is Social Media??

Media is an instrument of communication, so Social Media would be a social channel of communication.

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Social Media is “an umbrella term that defines the various activities that integrate technology, social interaction, and the

construction of words, pictures, videos, and audio.” http://www.wikipedia.org

What is Social Media?? A fancy way to describe the zillions

of conversations people are having online 24/7.

Social Media is the chatter occurring between customers, observers, critics, companies and it’s a conversation that’s

happening right now whether you’re involved or not.

A Pre-Internet Timeline Social Media

500 – 1500AD, Pigeon Posting

Pigeon post is the use of homing pigeons to carry messages.

1792, The Telegraph

A system of conveying information by means of visual signals, using towers with pivoting shutters.

1836, Morse Code

A method of transmitting text information as a series of on-off tones, lights, or clicks that can be directly understood without special equipment.

Social Media Timeline

1836, Pneumatic Mail

• A system to deliver letters through pressurized air tubes.

1875, Telephone

• Point-to-point communication system whose most basic function is to allow two people separated by large distances to talk to each other.

1891, Radio

• Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by electromagnetic waves with frequencies.

Social Media Timeline

1971, The First Email

• Sent by computer engineer Ray Tomlinson, the email was simply a test message to himself.

1969, CompuServe

The first commercial online service in the United States.

1978, Bulletin Board System(BBS)

• Coin operated computer terminals located in neighbourhoods. It allowed user to post messages.

Social Media Timeline

“Our head of social media is the customer.” - McDonald’s

“What used to be cigarette breaks could turn into ‘social media breaks’ as long as there is a clear signal and IT isn’t looking.”

David Armano

“You can be professional while also ‘keeping it real’ with your customers. By interacting with customers in a less formal way, you’ll build a strong human connection that helps build brand

loyalty.”

David Hauser, co-founder of Grasshopper

The only way to put out a social-media fire is with social-media water.”

Ramon DeLeon, managing partner of six Domino’s stores in Chicago

The future of Social Media …will be like air.”

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