Web 2.0 2018 Class 2B
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G325 lesson on Web 2.0 and David Gauntlett
Web 2.0 2018 Class 2B
- 1. Web 2.0 What is it? What impact has it had? Examples of Web 2.0 applications?
- 2. Defining Web 2.0 Web 2.0 is the term given to describe a second generation of the World Wide Web that is focused on the ability for people to collaborate and share information online.
- 3. Defining Web 2.0 ‘Web 2.0 describes World Wide Web sites that emphasize user- generated content, usability, and interoperability.’ ‘Web 2.0 technologies facilitate participatory information sharing, interoperability, user-centered design and collaboration on the World Wide Web.’ A Web 2.0 site allows users to interact and collaborate with each other in a social media dialogue as creators (prosumers) of user- generated content in a virtual community, in contrast to websites where users (consumers) are limited to the passive viewing of content that was created for them. Examples of Web 2.0 include social networking sites, blogs, wikis, video sharing sites, hosted services, web applications, mash-ups and folksonomies. Wikipedia is quite useful here for a fuller understanding:
- 4. David Gauntlett David Gauntlett - Media and everyday life video Xtra normal on David Gauntlett made by Reigate College students Working with the people next to you, list 3 main points you can take from Gauntlett’s video.
- 5. What does Gauntlett suggest about the impact of Web 2.0? Consider: Access, Ownership, Power, Creativity In the past, media had a more dominant role, audiences had to fit around schedules set by media institutions. The web is much more accesible than before and it us up to the audience when, where and how they want to use it. He saw web 1.0 as individual gardens where as he sees web 2.0 an allotement which everyone contributes to (Web can now be seen as a collaboration - created by users contributing in a social media dialogue) In the past the media was more dominant and media institutions considered as "gods" who are more in control of the production and distribution of content, whereas now the people have become prosumers (audience/users empowered). Users have much more power over media platforms, e.g. social media - based on users content. A resurgence in the pleasure in making things - 'making is connecting'.
- 6. Activities 1. Go to YouTube’s homepage, what kind of videos are featured? What does this suggest about how things have changed since David Gauntlett published his video in 2008? 2. Go to https://web.archive.org/ and look up some websites (perhaps YouTube) and see what they were like in the past.
- 7. Michael Wesch Wesch video - Web 2.0 ... The Machine is Us/ing Us Discuss with the people next to you, what stands out from this video. Summarise one key point.