History of social media

By annabelle.jantonio@hilliardschools.org

  • Early developments

    1971-1997
    -first email is sent
    -unsent is created
    -six degrees launches

  • Rise of social networking

    2002 -friend star launches
    2003 -linkdln and MySpace are created
    2004 -Facebook launches
    2005 -YouTube is created
    2006-twitter launches

  • Diversification and mobile era

    2010 -instagram
    2011 -Snapchat
    2016 -tik tok
    2016 -instagram stories
    2020s -social commerce begins to emerge with features like “shops” on platforms like instagram and facebook