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Social - Viral Culture and Digital Identity - The Dawn of Connection: How We Got Addicted to Sharing

Social - Viral Culture and Digital Identity - The Dawn of Connection: How We Got Addicted to Sharing

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Episode 1 of Social traces social media's evolution from 1970s Bulletin Board Systems and AOL chat rooms to today's algorithmic feeds. VV Steele explores early internet flame wars, the MySpace Top 8 anxiety that ended friendships, and Tom being everyone's first friend. Discover how Facebook's 2004 college exclusivity created demand, why the 2006 News Feed revolutionized passive surveillance, and how Twitter's 140-character limit bred creativity. Learn about Instagram's filter culture making everything "Instagrammable," Snapchat's disappearing content innovation, Vine's six-second cultural impact, and TikTok's mind-reading For You algorithm. VV examines whether we shaped social media or it shaped us from the beginning.
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