Standage, Tom. <br/><br/>
Writing on the wall :  social media -- the first two thousand years / 
Tom Standage. 
 - 278 pages :  illustrations ;  21 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliography and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction: Cicero's web -- The ancient foundations of social media: why humans are wired for sharing -- The Roman media: the first social-media ecosystem -- How Luther went viral: the role of social media in revolutions (1) -- Poetry in motion: social media for self-expression and self-promotion -- Let truth and falsehood grapple: the challenges of regulating social media -- And so to the coffeehouse: how social media promotes innovation -- The liberty of printing: the role of social media in revolutions (2) -- The sentinel of the people: tyranny, optimism, and social media -- The rise of mass media: the centralization begins -- The opposite of social media: media in the broadcast era -- The rebirth of social media: from ARPANET to Facebook -- Epilogue: History retweets itself. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781620402856 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Social media.<br/>Social networks.<br/>Communication--History.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HM741  / .S73 2013