Web 2.0 2018 Class 4D
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Web 2.0 is a term used to describe a second generation of the World Wide Web that emphasizes user-generated content, usability, and interoperability. It allows users to interact and collaborate online by contributing user-created content through social media and virtual communities. Examples of Web 2.0 include social networking sites, blogs, wikis, video sharing sites, and web applications. David Gauntlett suggests that Web 2.0 has impacted access, ownership, power, and creativity by making media production equipment more accessible, giving audiences more control over what and when they consume media, and allowing ordinary people to produce and distribute content and have their voices heard.
Web 2.0 2018 Class 4D
- 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 Equipment is easier to get hold of making it more accessible for people to create content (e.g. smart phones) People had no choice when to watch media, had to follow a schedule. Media institutions had a dominant role. Now, audiences have more control - on demand services, online news, music, etc. People could make their own content without needing expensive equiptment or permission - resurgence in creativity - pleasure in making things and sharing them with others. In the past, bigger equipment so only big companys could produce content. Media institutions controlled most of the production of media. Now, audiences have more power. Expanded reach of political propaganda and allowed ordinary people to build up influence. Audience have more power in terms of creating and distributing content and having their voices heard.
- 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.