Course HackSocial Media: How Media Got SocialBy Tama Leaver, Gwyneth Peaty, Curtin University
In a Nutshell
In the EdX course from Curtin University, professor Tama Leaver explains how the internet evolved from a Cold War communication tool to the World Wide Web and the social media apps we know and use today.
Favorite Quote
The Internet was initially created for the purposes of secure information storage and exchange between academic, political, and military institutions. However, social communication quickly became its primary use.
Tama Leaver
Introduction
From sharing what we ate for lunch to reading this very text, we've gotten used to having the world at our fingertips through our smartphones and the World Wide Web.
But as hard as it may be for digital natives to imagine, the Internet originated not as a social platform, but a government tool used for wartime communications.
In this course offered through EdX, Curtin University professor Tama Leaver and sessional academic Gwyneth Peaty track the history and use of the internet over the last 70 years.
Along the way, we will learn how email, blogs, wiki pages, and social media platforms transformed the way we live and socialize.
Here are the 3 key insights from this Hack
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