Concept of web 2.0

Characteristics

Criticism

RSS

interactive

interoperabilityuser-centered

design

Web 2.0

interactive information

sharingcollaboration

“

Characteristics: Collective intelligence

a form of universally distributed intelligence,

constantly enhanced, coordinated in real time,

and resulting in the effective mobilization of “

and resulting in the effective mobilization of

skills”

(Levy, 1997, p. 13)

Characteristics: Collective intelligence

Characteristics: Net effect

Characteristics: Self expression

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Characteristics: Personalisation

new internet-based applications

collaboration of users

customisation of the web sites

Criticism

Tim Berners-LeeSir Tim Berners-Lee,

creator of world wide web

Some numbers…

Wikipedia• 13 million articles

• 271 languages

• 800,000 Australian visitors in June 2009

Twitter

visitors in June 2009

• up from 13,000 in June 2008

• => 607% increase

Social Networking

Sites

(Australia, June 2009)

• 3 out of 4 Australians visited a SNS

• Nearly 9 million Australians visited a SNS

• Facebook: more than 6 million unique visitors

(List of Wikipedias, 2009; Smith, J. 2009)

Sharing information: RSS

Definition:

A Web content

syndication formatsyndication format

(WWW3, 2002)

Sharing information

RSS

BrowserBrowser

Desktop software

Online service

Google Readerhttp://www.google.com/readerhttp://www.google.com/reader

What is RSS and how is it useful?

http://www.youtube.com/user/irishpolyglot#p/u/14/F65ZTtI0Cx8

References

Lévy, P. (1997). Collective intelligence: mankind's emerging world in cyberspace. New York Plenum

Trade.

Laningham, S. (2006). DeveloperWorks Interviews: Tim Berners-Lee. Retrieved 8 October, 2009,

from http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/podcast/dwi/cm-int082206txt.html#author

List of Wikipedias. (2009). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 8 October, 2009, from

http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/List_of_Wikipedias

Smith, J. (2009). Australian Social Media Statistics: 2 Million More. Retrieved 8 October, 2009,

from http://switchedonmedia.com.au/2009/social-media/australian-social-media-statistics-2-from http://switchedonmedia.com.au/2009/social-media/australian-social-media-statistics-2-

million-more/

WWW3. RSS 2.0 specification. (2002). Retrieved 15 October, 2009, from

http://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html

Bibliography consulted

O'Reilly, T. (2005). What Is Web 2.0: Design Patterns and Business Models for the Next

Generation of Software. Retrieved 8 October, 2009, from http://oreilly.com/web2/archive/what-

is-web-20.html

Participative Web and user-created content [electronic resource] : Web 2.0, wikis and social

networking (2007). [Paris]: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Vossen, G. (2007). Unleashing Web 2.0 : from concepts to creativity. Amsterdam: Morgan

Kaufmann.