Writing on the Wall: Social Media: The First 2,000 Years
Written by Tom Standage
Narrated by Simon Vance
4.5/5
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Editor's Note
Compelling contextualization…
Written by the web editor-in-chief of the Economist, this is a smart and provocative contextualization of our current social media craze within the history of media and communication throughout the ages.
Tom Standage
Tom Standage is Deputy Editor of The Economist. He is the author of several books, including Uncommon Knowledge, Seriously Curious, Writing on the Wall: Social Media - The First 2,000 Years and The Victorian Internet. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Daily Telegraph, The Guardian and Wired.
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Reviews for Writing on the Wall
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I genuinely loved the first 8-9 chapters of the book. I wasn't so much interested in the modern 20th-21st century history that he talked about in regards to the development to the internet. however, that is just a personal take, not a critical assessment of the work he did. Also, some of the chapters can be quite long, up to an hour. However, if you read or listened to his: The History of the World in 6 Glasses, then you would like this book as well.