The PLATO system was launched in 1960 at the University of Illinois
ARPANET, which came online in 1967, had by … See more

A 2015 review identified four features unique to social media services:
• Web 2.0 Internet-based applications.
• User-generated content
• User-created self profiles … See more

Social media encompasses an expanding suite of services:
• Blogs (ex. HuffPost, Boing Boing)
• Business networks (ex. LinkedIn, XING)
• Collaborative projects (Mozilla, GitHub)… See more

Mobile social media refers to the use of social media on mobile devices such as phones and tablets. It is distinguished by its ubiquity, since users no longer have to be at desk in order to participate on a computer. … See more

Certain content has the potential to spread virally, an analogy for the way viral infections spread contagiously from individual to individual. One user spreads a post across their network, which leads those user… See more

According to Statista, it is estimated that, in 2022, around 3.96 billion people were using social media globally. This number is up from 3.6 billion in 2020.
The following is a list of the most popular social netw… See more

Governments may use social media to (for example):
• inform their opinions to public
• interact with citizens
• foster citizen participation… See more