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Cryptosocial
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Cryptosocial

by Allen Taylor
March 2022
Beginner to intermediate
294 pages
7h 6m
English
Business Expert Press
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CHAPTER 3

A Brief History of Social Media

The Internet has a long history that includes a nascent stage of decentralization followed by the consolidation of power into the hands of a few Big Tech superstars. Some of those superstars are social media giants such as Facebook and Twitter.

From the early days of the ARPANET to the genesis of the World Wide Web, decentralization has been embedded in the technological infrastructure that now powers much of civilization. To understand how social media has played a part in the centralization of the Internet’s power structure, let’s look at the history of social media itself.

What Is Social Media?

There are as many definitions of social media as there are social media users, but for the purpose of this ...

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ISBN: 9781637421840