History of Social Media (in class presentation)

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Google was founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin at Standford University. Google has the most popular email server in the world with more than 1.5 billion active users. Behind Google, Youtube is the second-largest streaming service and has over 1 billion videos watched every day. Youtube was founded by Chad Hurley, Steve Chen and Jawed Karim in 2005. The impact of youtube is that it creates an entirely new medium for entertainment, it allows many companies to advertise their products and allows people to upload videos and express themselves. Ex-Google employees Evan Williams and Biz Stone in 2006 created Twitter. Twitter is now an "up to the second" news source today. Twitter allows users to post whatever they want about however they feel. Some cons are that the platform has gotten a lot of people in trouble before because of their careless tweets. However, it is also easy for people to go viral which could boost someone's career. Facebook is another widely popular social media service. It was founded by Mark Zuckerberg in his college dorm room. Facebook allows connectivity, free communication, educational use, and personal use. Instagram is very popular in my generation. It was created in 2010 by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger. On Instagram, it helps users share their experiences and life, allows companies to advertise on a large platform, and helps people create a brand for themselves. One con is that people tend to get too focused on the number of likes and the unrealistic body images of a lot of Instagram models and celebrities which can lead to self-confidence issues. 

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