Web 2.0

In our last lesson, we continued on the Internet front, trying to understand the term Web 2.0. To do this we felt it would help us from answer these few questions... Web 2.0 Questions


1. Who is David Gauntlett?

• Works at Westminster
• He says that, “the media is no longer a stable entity that can be taught about or studied coherently in such a broad way” 

2. What does he say about the Internet and media studies?

• He says that, “the media is no longer a stable entity that can be taught about or studied coherently in such a broad way. It is too big, too fluid, too complex – too different.” 

 3. What phrase did gauntlet ‘coin’?

• ‘Media 2.0’ 

4. Gauntlett argues that people don’t get ‘ represented’ by the media any more – what happens instead?

• Instead they use web 2.0 platforms to make their own media, share it with the world and thus represent themselves. 

 5. How will media studies students move away from ‘Media 1.0’ way of doing things?

• ‘Questioning the traditional approach to people who ‘produce’ media and people who ‘use’ media and by exploring peoples contemporary media experiences by encouraging creative responses’ 

6. What did Dan Gillmor write?

• ‘Citizen journalism’ 

 7. What do Gauntlett and Gillmor agree on?

• ‘Web 2.0 enables ordinary people to participate in politics and news’

8. Explain John Hartlets theory?

• ‘Describes the shift from a demand-led market of creative industries to social networking market’ 

 9. Do we actually live in a global village? If not, why not?

• I feel that a select few counties have access to this ‘global village’, however as less than 5% of the population have access to the internet this does act as a barrier. 

10. Who is making money out of the most popular web 2.0 sites?

• The companies that make the money are the big companies as this is who most of the social networking sites are owned by. 

11. How are most of us using web 2.0 sites, and how is this the same as Web 2.0?

• “Read, watch, play and listen – but not to create and upload 

12. Explain how we can analyse ‘Britney’ through web 2.0?

• ‘News commodity’ 

 13. How has the internet changed fan culture?

• Internet can accelerate fan interpretations and re-imaging’s of media products. 

14. What does Matt Hills say about the Dr Who material on the internet?

• ‘Describes how these extras cleverly designed to add to the narrative experience without interrupting the scheduled flow. 

15. Try to summarise ‘what does it all mean’ on page 22? Key Aspects of Web 2.0

• Interpersonal computing 
• Web services 
• Software as a service 

We watched a video on youtube to help us understand the term, 'Web 2.0': To get some more information on 'Web 2.0' I decided to do some research, I used this website to make it easier for me to understand the real definition of Web 2.0:

http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/W/Web_2_point_0.html


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. Web 2.0 basically refers to the transition from static HTML Web pages to a more dynamic Web that is more organized and is based on serving Web applications to users. Other improved functionality of Web 2.0 includes open communication with an emphasis on Web-based communities of users, and more open sharing of information. Over time Web 2.0 has been used more as a marketing term than a computer-science-based term. Blogs, wikis, and Web services are all seen as components of Web 2.0."