This document is a brief cartoon history of social networking from 1930 to 2015. It consists of 37 cartoons depicting major events and developments in social media over the decades, including the rise of Compuserve in 1969, the launch of AOL in 1989, the founding of Facebook in 2004, the launch of Twitter in 2006, and the growing influence of social media in politics, branding and marketing throughout the 2000s and 2010s. The cartoons are accompanied by captions summarizing each event.

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A Brief Cartoon
History of Social Networking
1930 - 2015
Illustrations by: Adam Long
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Originally Commissioned by PeopleBrowsr in celebration of the Advertising
Research Foundation’s 75th
anniversary (2012)
Updated September 2015

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1930: When the “robots” were in control
http://bit.ly/notificator

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1969: One small step for man
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http://bit.ly/compuserve69

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http://bit.ly/CBCS78
1978: Throw away the calendar

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http://bit.ly/TB-L
1989: The day that changed everything

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http://bit.ly/QLAOL
1989: The US gets it foot in the door

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http://bit.ly/linklaunch
2003: Spreading the knowledge of innovators

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http://oreil.ly/foocamper
2003: Spreading the knowledge of Innovators

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http://on.fb.me/fblaunch
2004: The rise of Facebook

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http://bit.ly/fbpokers
2004: Coaching the world, one poke at a time

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http://bit.ly/dellhells
2005: “Dell lies. Dell sucks.” –Jeff Jarvis

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http://bit.ly/tweetlaunch
2006: Twitter takes flight

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http://bit.ly/photogtag
2007: The biggest game of tag

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http://on.mash.to/SXSW07
2007: Twitter flies even higher

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http://bit.ly/bkviral
2008: Brands get the swing of it

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http://bit.ly/brunomov
2009: The powerful influence of global networking

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http://ti.me/iranjune
2009: Social Media meets politics

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http://huff.to/guitarua
2009: One song can change the future

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2010: The product colosseum

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http://bit.ly/tweetspace
2010: Social Media blasts into outer space

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http://gaw.kr/Ksmithfat
2010: Kevin’s grounded, but his tweet isn’t

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http://tcrn.ch/WCjapan
2010: Twitter: 1 Denmark: 0

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http://on.fb.me/500MFB
2010: Zuckerberg fastens his seatbelt

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http://bit.ly/PB1000
2010: PeopleBrowsr takes center stage

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http://bit.ly/BDLB
2010: Giving the little guy a go

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http://bit.ly/CSHEEN1M
2011: Twitter keen for Charlie Sheen

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http://bit.ly/Rblack
2011: The good, the bad, and the ugly

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2011: Well that’s a plus… I guess

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2012: Marketing welcomes a new child to the family

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2014: Digital marketers, take your mark

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2014: Social Media playing with dolls

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2015: A new alliance is forged

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2012: Emojis for everyone!

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2012: The value of social media is recognized

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2013: You can’t have it all

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2013: The Twitter doors are opened

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Artist: Adam Long