Where does social media fit in media history?

I’m sitting in the communications department here at Boston College, having just finished up my first foray as “Prof. Levy,” thanks to friend and mentor Ken Lachlan. As promised, here’s the presentation I gave this morning, entitled “Old Media’s Rules in a New Media World.”

The description I’m going with:

A collection of thoughts on where social media fits in the lineage of mass media history. As presented to Prof. Ken Lachlan’s Survey of Mass Communication class at Boston College on April 30, 2009