The Modem World - A Prehistory of Social Media

This is a book about how the internet became social. The people who built and maintained dial-up bulletin board systems (BBSs) in the 1980s laid the groundwork for millions of others who would bring their lives online in the 1990s and beyond.

About the author

Kevin Driscoll is assistant professor in the Department of Media Studies at the University of Virginia. He is the coauthor (with Julien Mailland) of Minitel: Welcome to the Internet.

Product details

• Authors: Kevin Driscoll
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2022
• EAN: 9780300248142
• ISBN: 978-0-300-24814-2
• No. of pages: 328
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 240 mm x 23 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing; Media Studies, 20th Century, COMPUTERS / Internet / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, HISTORY / World, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, COMPUTERS / History, General & world history, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Social and cultural history, General and world history, Internet: general works, History of engineering & technology, Information technology: general issues, History of Computing, digital and information technologies