A Brief History Of Social Media. Social media isn’t really “new.”
While it has only recently become part of mainstream culture and the business world, people have been using digital media for networking, socializing and information gathering – almost exactly like now – for over 30 years: The Phone Phreaking Era (1950′s – Early 90′s) Réseaux Sociaux: Rétrospective de 2009 - JeromeSutter.net - Le B.