Social media existed before the iPhone/android. I remember needing to be at home on my computer to check myspace, xanga, and even thefacebook. Not sure how I feel about this article (it's interesting at least) but the existence of phones/apps does coincide with a lot of changes to our relationship with social media and a lot of changes to social media itself.
Perhaps without smartphones in everyone's pocket we would use social media much differently and that industry would have grown differently....
Perhaps without smartphones in everyone's pocket we would use social media much differently and that industry would have grown differently....