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• 1. Introduction: early English periodicals and early modern social media forms; 2. Sociable periodicals, 1690s–1700s: the Royal Society of London's philosophical transactions, John Dunton's the Athenian mercury, and Peter Motteux's, the gentleman's journal; 3. Sociable periodicals, 1700–1720s, continuity and change: Aaron Hill's the British Apollo, the female Tatler, and Daniel Defoe's the review; 4. Celebrity and the changing nature of periodical cultures: the Tatler, the spectator, and their rivals; References.

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• 1. Introduction: early English periodicals and early modern social media forms; 2. Sociable periodicals, 1690s–1700s: the Royal Society of London's philosophical transactions, John Dunton's the Athenian mercury, and Peter Motteux's, the gentleman's journal; 3. Sociable periodicals, 1700–1720s, continuity and change: Aaron Hill's the British Apollo, the female Tatler, and Daniel Defoe's the review; 4. Celebrity and the changing nature of periodical cultures: the Tatler, the spectator, and their rivals; References.

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• 1. Introduction: early English periodicals and early modern social media forms; 2. Sociable periodicals, 1690s–1700s: the Royal Society of London's philosophical transactions, John Dunton's the Athenian mercury, and Peter Motteux's, the gentleman's journal; 3. Sociable periodicals, 1700–1720s, continuity and change: Aaron Hill's the British Apollo, the female Tatler, and Daniel Defoe's the review; 4. Celebrity and the changing nature of periodical cultures: the Tatler, the spectator, and their rivals; References.