This is a slideshow in which i had to complete for a Communications presentation.

1. Social Media: A Brief History
By Gary O’Brien

2. What is Social Media?
• Social media itself refers to the use of web-
based and mobile technologies to turn
communication into an interactive dialogue.

3. Examples of Social Media
• Social Networking Sites
• Email
• Text Messaging

4. How it developed

5. Facebook
• Launched in February
2004.
• More than 800 million
active users.
• Founded by Mark
Zuckerberg with his
college roommates .