Web 2.0 2017 Class 2B
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Web 2.0 refers to websites that emphasize user-generated content and collaboration. It allows users to interact with each other as both creators and consumers of content in virtual communities. Examples of Web 2.0 include social media sites, blogs, wikis, and video sharing sites that empower users to both consume and produce content.
Web 2.0 2017 Class 2B
- 1. Web 2.0 What is it? What impact has it had? Examples of Web 2.0 applications?
- 2. Make notes whilst watching each of the following video clips: 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. Wesch video - Web 2.0 ... The Machine is Us/ing Us Working with the people next to you, sum up Wesch’s ideas in one sentence.
- 3. Defining Web 2.0 – not easy! ‘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, mashups and folksonomies.’ (Wikipedia, 2012 & 2016) See this link for a useful overview: http://www.techterms.com/definition/web20
- 4. Web 2.0 is: Web 2.0 allows users to interact and collaborate with each other. Web 2.0 emphsises usability and collaboration Web 2.0 is connecting people WWW sites tht allow users to collaborate as prosumers of user-generated content in a virtual community Web 2.0 allows users to collaborate with one another as prosumers. Web 2.0 is web sites that have user generated content.
- 5. The impact of Web 2.0 on: Access Ownership and power Creativity Anything else consumers have more power on the web, however some media institutions have control over media content and consumption. Copyrighted music is stolen more frequently and easily online. Web 2.0 allows people to be more creative and allows them to explore and develop their talents. For example YouTube, Zoella. Cyber-bullying, trolling - it is not all positive! Raises issues of privacy. Allows access other users content. Consumers can access what they want, when they want.