Social media began with basic communication tools like email and text messaging before evolving into modern social networking sites like Facebook, which was launched in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg for college students and now has over 800 million active users. Social media refers to using web and mobile technologies to facilitate interactive dialogue and sharing between users.

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 .