A report on Web 2.0
Web 2.0 (also known as participative (or participatory) web and social web) refers to websites that emphasize user-generated content, ease of use, participatory culture and interoperability (i.e., compatibility with other products, systems, and devices) for end users.
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Social media
7 linksSocial media are interactive technologies that facilitate the creation and sharing of information, ideas, interests, and other forms of expression through virtual communities and networks.
Social media are interactive technologies that facilitate the creation and sharing of information, ideas, interests, and other forms of expression through virtual communities and networks.
1) Social media are interactive Web 2.0 Internet-based applications.
World Wide Web
6 linksInformation system enabling documents and other web resources to be accessed over the Internet.
Information system enabling documents and other web resources to be accessed over the Internet.
In the meantime, developers began exploiting an IE feature called XMLHttpRequest to make Ajax applications and launched the Web 2.0 revolution.
User-generated content
5 linksAny form of content, such as images, videos, text, and audio, that has been posted by users on online platforms such as social media, discussion forums and wikis.
Any form of content, such as images, videos, text, and audio, that has been posted by users on online platforms such as social media, discussion forums and wikis.
The BBC adopted a user-generated content platform for its websites in 2005, and TIME Magazine named "You" as the Person of the Year in 2006, referring to the rise in the production of UGC on Web 2.0 platforms.
Social networking service
4 linksOnline platform which people use to build social networks or social relationships with other people who share similar personal or career content, interests, activities, backgrounds or real-life connections.
Online platform which people use to build social networks or social relationships with other people who share similar personal or career content, interests, activities, backgrounds or real-life connections.
1) social networking services are interactive Web 2.0 Internet-based applications,
Mashup (web application hybrid)
3 linksWeb page or web application that uses content from more than one source to create a single new service displayed in a single graphical interface.
Web page or web application that uses content from more than one source to create a single new service displayed in a single graphical interface.
Mashups can be considered to have an active role in the evolution of social software and Web 2.0.
Tim O'Reilly
2 linksFounder of O'Reilly Media (formerly O'Reilly & Associates).
Founder of O'Reilly Media (formerly O'Reilly & Associates).
He popularised the terms open source and Web 2.0.
Web 2.0 Summit
2 linksAnnual event, held in San Francisco, California from 2004 to 2011, that featured discussions about the World Wide Web.
Annual event, held in San Francisco, California from 2004 to 2011, that featured discussions about the World Wide Web.
The event was started by Tim O'Reilly, who is also widely credited with popularizing the term "Web 2.0".
YouTube
3 linksAmerican online video sharing and social media platform headquartered in San Bruno, California.
American online video sharing and social media platform headquartered in San Bruno, California.
In 2006, Time praised Web 2.0 for enabling "community and collaboration on a scale never seen before", and added that YouTube "harnesses the stupidity of crowds as well as its wisdom. Some of the comments on YouTube make you weep for the future of humanity just for the spelling alone, never mind the obscenity and the naked hatred".
Blog
2 linksDiscussion or informational website published on the World Wide Web consisting of discrete, often informal diary-style text entries (posts).
Discussion or informational website published on the World Wide Web consisting of discrete, often informal diary-style text entries (posts).
In the 2010s, the majority are interactive Web 2.0 websites, allowing visitors to leave online comments, and it is this interactivity that distinguishes them from other static websites.
Wikipedia
4 linksMultilingual free online encyclopedia written and maintained by a community of volunteers through open collaboration and a wiki-based editing system.
Multilingual free online encyclopedia written and maintained by a community of volunteers through open collaboration and a wiki-based editing system.
Nicholas Carr wrote a 2005 essay, "The amorality of Web 2.0", that criticized websites with user-generated content, like Wikipedia, for possibly leading to professional (and, in his view, superior) content producers' going out of business, because "free trumps quality all the time".