Writing on the Wall: Social Media - The First 2,000 Years

by Tom Standage

Book Overview

From the bestselling author of A History of the World in 6 Glasses , the story of social media from ancient Rome to the Arab Spring and beyond. Social media is anything but a new phenomenon. From the papyrus letters that Cicero and other Roman statesmen used to exchange news, to the hand-printed tracts of the Reformation and the pamphlets that spread propaganda during the American and French revolutions, the ways people shared information with their...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1620402858
• ISBN13: 9781620402856
• Release Date: September 2014
• Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.2"