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Digital Services - Overview�

2022.06.29

Chon, Kilnam

전길남

KAIST

2022 KR4050 Workshop 2021.10.08rev2022.05.06

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Table of Contents

1. Digital Services: Web Applications – Website� Mail

Search

2. Digital Services: Social Media - Social Media Service

Social Networking Service� Messaging Service

3. Timeline on Social Media Platform

4. Remarks and Issues

References

Appendix List of Digital Markets Investigated�Appendix Beginning of Computer Communications in South Korea, 1980s

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1. Digital Services - Web Applications

Websites

cair.kaist.ac.kr (1993)

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Mail

Daum Hanmail (1997),….

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Search

Naver (1997),…

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2. Digital Services – Social Media

- Timeline for Digital Services – Social Media

- Messaging

Phone-based

Internet-based

- Social Networking Service

- Messaging Service – KakaoTalk, LINE, WeChat, (WhatsApp)

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3. Timeline on Social Media Platform

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USA Asia

1994: Yahoo!

1996: Yahoo!Japan

1997: Six-Degrees

1999: SayClub, CyWorld, QQ

2003: LinkedIn, MySpace

2004: Orkut, Flickr, Facebook

2006: Twitter 

2007: Tumblr 

2009: WhatsApp Sino Weibo

2010: Instagram Kakao Talk

2011: Google+, Snapchat LINE, WeChat

2016: TikTok/Douyin

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4. Remarks and Issues

1. “Social Media” is the new term which became popular in the 2000s.

2. We use “Social Media” to include most digital markets defined in the� USG article.

3. Lessig’s comment on Facebook; 90% of users are non-US, but 90% of� the budget on safety is in US.[Vice 2021]

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References

Asia Internet History, Volume 1~3, 2010s, and Volume 4, 2021.

Yochai Benkler,Network Propaganda, 2018.

Daum, Hanmail, 1997.

EC, Digital services (and Digital Markets), 2020.

Naver, Search, 1997.

USG, Investigation of competition in digital markets, Judicial Comm, 2020.

Vice News, Why you should be worried about FB’s metaverse, 2021.12.7.

Wikipedia, Social media, 2021.

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Appendix List of Digital Markets Investigated� (Investigation of competition in digital markets, � Judicial Committee, House of Representatives, USG, 2020)

  1. Online Search
  2. Online Commerce
  3. Social Networks and Social Media
  4. Mobile App Stores
  5. Mobile Operating Systems
  6. Digital Mapping
  7. Cloud Computing
  8. Voice Assistant
  9. Web Browsers
  10. Digital Advertising

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Appendix: Beginning of Computer Communications in Korea – 1980s

USENET News (한국)

USENET News/1983, UUCPNET/1983

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PC 통신 (한국)

천리안/1986, KETEL/1988,…

Remark: PC통신 supports messaging/email, and BBS among others.

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