Browsing through old newspapers can be fun. Especially if your family are mentioned.
I was thinking about our societies "status update" obsession. That is, our use of social media to tell everyone what we are doing, where we are going...and who we are with.
Today it is instantaneous. Yesterday, maybe not so much.
This clip from the Merritt Herald, May 17, 1929, is a common page in most newspapers of the day...showing the comings and goings....the day to day life, of those who live in the area. In fact, you had to contact the newspaper writer who was in charge of that section of the paper to let them know!
If you compare it with today's social media updates, not much has changed. We want people to be interested in what we are doing...so we tell the world.
Twitter and Facebook were not around in 1919, 1929, but our status updates were!
Even this clip from the Merritt Herald Sept 12, 1919, documents the same "social media".
I was thinking about our societies "status update" obsession. That is, our use of social media to tell everyone what we are doing, where we are going...and who we are with.
Today it is instantaneous. Yesterday, maybe not so much.
This clip from the Merritt Herald, May 17, 1929, is a common page in most newspapers of the day...showing the comings and goings....the day to day life, of those who live in the area. In fact, you had to contact the newspaper writer who was in charge of that section of the paper to let them know!
If you compare it with today's social media updates, not much has changed. We want people to be interested in what we are doing...so we tell the world.
Twitter and Facebook were not around in 1919, 1929, but our status updates were!
Even this clip from the Merritt Herald Sept 12, 1919, documents the same "social media".
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