Overview of Social Media

The Internet and World Wide Web

A Very Brief History
1958: Advanced
Research Projects
Agency (ARPA)
1966: First ARPANET
formed (DoD)
Plan (Network of
computers)
1969: ARPAnet created.
First nodes: UCLA,
Stanford, UCSB and
University of Utah.
1984: Domain Name
1990: ARPANET gone,
System introduced.
World is first Internet
commercial provider
1991: World-Wide Web
released by CERN
(developer: Tim
Berners-Lee) 1996: Browser Wars
between Netscape and
Microsoft 1998: Netscape releases
source code; Microsoft
taken to court for anti-
trust violations.

What exactly is Social Media?
Communication that
reaches and/or influences
people widely that is
generated by individuals

Forums to Twitter
 Forums and Bulletin Boards first allowed
people to chat over the Internet
 1997: First Social Media type networks
 2003: Social Media Networks begin to
grow

It is all about Networks…
Social
Personal,
Professional,
Events
Photos, Journals, Social
Videos, Art, Bookmarking,
Reviews/Opinions,
Media Livecasting,
Info, Forums,
Information
Audio/Music Aggregators
Virtual Worlds,
Game Sharing,
Online Gaming,
Browser Games
Entertainment

Social Networks
Personal Professional Events

Information Networks
Journals
Reviews/Opinions
(Blogs/Microblogs)
Social Bookmarking/Tagging
Information
Forums/Groups
Aggregators

Media Networks
Photos Videos
Livecasting Music

Entertainment Networks
Browser Games