Tuesday, March 3, 2009

The Web, The Design, The Information

Definition: Web 2.0 is the next generation in interactive web broadcasting. It's main aim is produce an interactive relationship between users and the World Wide Web; through the uses of interactive media. The system has evolved and now caters for various online communities, such as hosted websites/forums, social-networking websites and blogs.

Examples:
Web 2.0 has a wide variety of online communities, which use a number of online communities in order to maintain a relationship between the World Wide Web; online applications such as Facebook, Myspace, Bebo, Flickr; as well as online forums, which produce topics that people question, and other members of the online community respond to in order to aid those in need. Also online communication has expanded from real text to video communication such as youtube; people post relevant/irrelevant topics and videos that provide entertainment and information to the online community.