Web 2.0

What is web 2.0?

web 2.0 is the meaning of using different ways in which using 'WORLD WIDE WEB's technology and using web design that aims to help people'es creativity whilst using the internet e.g. while producing a website in order to customize or use ' HTML' web 2.0 is the tool which can allow to add features on to a website.

Web 2.0 also helps people when they want to share information. Web 2.0's ideas have helped developing the service of using the web. Using Web 2.0 has also helped building sites people use each day e.g. social networking sites e.g. Bebo,MySpace & Facebook also video sharing websites e.g. YouTube. The idea 1st emerged to O'reily Media- ( a media company)
Here is a video explaining exactly what web 2.0 is.



What is the difference between web 1.0 & 2.0

Web 1.0 - is just text not interactive. Web 1.0 is a much slower process. Whilst using web 1.0 there was always a sense of unreliability for example on social networking sites placing your personal information only visible to their friends may nit be protected.Web 1.0 was also a restriction as people couldn't use the internet to it full ability. Web 2.0 however consists of a more fast process and is not just text it can include graphics aswell and is more dynamic in which all ages are able to adjust to. Consumers are gaining more out of the internet and on a regular basis and are able to become the producers themselves by contributing different ideas and allowing people to use those sites aswell.

Here are some example on how exactly Web 1.0 has progressed to Web 2.0.

Double Click ---> Google Adsense

Britannica Online ---------> Wikipedia

Personal Websites ---------> Blogging For example on creating personal website web 1.0 was simple straight forward information where exploring the website was normally slow and restricted. However, with web 2.0 you have a more dynamic use of web pages e.g. inserting your own music player & pictures also commenting on pictures etc. (MySpace, FaceBook and YouTube)

How does this affect you as a media student, consumer and producer?

This affects me in a positive way knowing that web 2.0 is more reliable and effective and can contribute a lot in how you are able to publish your information to people and what I do like about web 2.0 is that you are in control and it is easy to become the producer rather than the traditional consumer. As a media student however. I think that when it comes to researching different platforms of media it will be much more difficult to find because of the vast majority of people relying on E-Media rather than on Television and on Newspapers etc. It is more diffiicult to learn how each of these industries are able to publish their information to people but may not be succesfull. For example the Music industry is not coping with the huge numbers of people downloading music and not having to pay for it through sites like iTunes or even just going out and buying the CD itself, and the Music industry are not able to prevent people to stop downloading music for free as it is damaging how they are able to make profits to fund for music in the future. Therefore in that sense as a media student being able to find out how well each media platform is performing maybe a difficult process. As a consumer I could possibly face problems similarly to the example above as I may not be able to keep my content published restricted from everyone as technology has developed over the forthcoming years where you have your own music on your web page someone listening wouldnt want to pay for the copy of the music they are able to record and convert into an Mp3 content.