Internet is the most popular media among the urban masses around the world. Understanding of the history of internet and its entry into different other fields will give the readers an insight about its successful journey. Associated with the journey of internet in media field, the invention of electronic mail had a great role. 1971 marked an important day in which the first email was sent by the computer engineer Ray Tomlinson. Later the first networking protocols TCP/IP were formulated. The concept of world-wide network was brought about in the year 1982 and the internet took its birth in its full shape on January 1, 1983. Later in 1991 Tim Burners Lee came up with the world wide web (www) with hypertext transfer protocol as the foundation for the data communication of world wide web.
Web 1.0 is the first stage of the world wide web linking the hyperlinks. Later Web 2.0 came which allowed the users to interact and involve with each other through the platform of social media as the creators of user generated content in a virtual community. Thus the new era of social networking sites became a reality. Following this the new media came as the strongest media where users were the creators and members involved in the media.
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