The Psychology of Evolving Technology: How Social Media, Influencer Culture and New Technologies are Altering Society

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R. OkunevThe Psychology of Evolving Technologyhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-8686-9_5

5. Meta, Twitter, Spotify, Instagram, Pinterest, Snapchat, and TikTok

Rhoda Okunev¹  

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Tamarac, FL, USA

 

A comprehensive review of all social media sites is far too long, so this chapter will look at some of the most popular ones: Meta, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, Snapchat, and TikTok.

Meta Platform, Inc. (Meta)

Facebook is now known as Meta Platform Inc. (or Meta); it was founded in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg, a sophomore at Harvard, along with Eduardo Saverin, Dustin Moskovitz, and Chris Hughes. At that time they called the platform TheFacebook. It was originally for ...