Learning Outcome 2
The term “Web 2.0” refers to the websites,
applications or services that allow for this type sharing of content or
information, collaboration and participation among users, which is different
from the static Web 1.0 version. There are many examples of Web 2.0: social
networking sites, blogs and microblogs, wikis, photo and video sharing,
mashups, web applications, folksonomies, podcasts, tagging systems and many
others.
Web 2.0’s is a kind of user empowerment,
that is letting users create and share information or content, and also
collaboration. This has given rise to another innovation, called social media.
Social media is considered a subset of Web 2.0, and can be considered as a
product that was fostered by Web 2.0. Social media applications are built to
create on the need for social interaction among users, where they can share
information or contents they want, with the website, other website users and
those in their networks. It functions as a medium of communication, similar to
traditional media such as newspaper and television, except that in social
media. Users are given the chance to communicate back their feedback or
opinions. Examples of social media websites and applications that we normally
use in everyday life can be classified into several groups. Firstly, social
networking (Facebook, LinkedIn, MySpace). Secondly, social bookmarking
(Del.icio.us, Blinklist, Simpy). Next, social news (Reddit, Digg) and social
photos and video sharing (YouTube, Flickr, Pinterest). There are also blogs and
microblogs (Blogger, WordPress, Twitter), and Wikis (Wikipedia, Wikia)
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