Social networks: preelectric and electric

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Social networks pre-electric and electric

• Conversing, communing, and collaborating before
  digital

2
Pre-electric networks

• Tribes and clans
• Guilds, professional orders and syndicates
• Religion and religious orders
• Secret societies, fraternal organizations and
  clubs
• Universities
• Pubs, taverns, cafés
• Public meetings
• Political parties
• Holidays, feasts, festivals, meals and gatherings
• Readers
• Forum

3
Electric networks

• Telegraph/telephone
• Fan clubs
• Audiences (movies, radio, television)
• CB/Ham radio
• Businesses
• Neighborhoods
• Global village

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Social networks pre-electric and electric

• Conversing, communing, and collaborating before
  digital