social media

• 1436

• 17th century

• 1920

• 1941

• 53

• 71

• 93

• 2001

• 04

• 05

• 07

• 21

Printing press - Guttenberg

Printing of the first bible

First newspaper

First sound facilities

First computer

First coloured TV (coronation Elizabeth 2)

First email (for military use)

www = World Wide Web - internet use

Wikipedia

Facebook

YouTube

iPhone

Metaverse

Pro:

• faster, easier tasks

• Communication worldwide

• Information access

• Age restriction possible

Negative:

• Provacy

• Addiction

• Propaganda/Fake News

• Cyberbullying

• No contacts with the outside world

Crypto currency

Social media platform

Gaming industry

Science fiction novel “snow crash“

Becomes the world

• Produced by “epic Games“

• Is a place where you can spend money on your virtual avatar’s clothes

• Is a social space where you can attend concerts

• Is a place where you try to win the battle royale

• Succeeded in the world of games

Meta

• unescapable digital prison

• Constantly buying stuff - spending money

• Work outside is falling apart - everyone is destracted

• Being controlled by big companies - ads

• ways to build more decentralised Metaverse = where Walmart, Microsoft, facebook, might have presence, but they wont ultimately control the whole thing

• hypothetical iteration of the internet itself

• Immersive virtual world

• Using VR and AR headsets

• Creates a network of 3D virtual worlds

• Three dimensional and interactive

• Everything happens in real time

• Shopping

  • big brands like NIKE interested in selling products - ad

  • Mainly available as NFT

• Has its own economy

  • e.g real estate industry

  • Company bought a property in 2021 for 4.5 dollars