IMPACT OF WEB 2.0 APPLICATIONS
Overview:
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IMPACT OF WEB 2.0 APPLICATIONS
Overview:
Initially Web 2.0 was devised to mean using the web as a platform for development of new programs and interactive tools. It can be said that web 2.0 is better understood as a way of thinking about the direction that technology is taking in the coming years. As Barnes et al. (2008, p.39) state that the best definition of web 2.0 is a change in the way people use the internet for productivity, collaboration and information sharing. But more than just being an extension of existing tools that have been made web accessible for everyone, applications in the Web 2.0 models are designed exclusively and specifically for online usage.
Interaction with other people is considered as one of the key characteristics of Web 2.0. Today Facebook, MySpace, FriendSter websites and others have become core interaction methods for not only many of youth, but also professionals who use marketing-oriented sites like LinkedIn and Plaxa. Other sites, such as Flikr, have enabled online sharing of photos. Besides that Yahoo! Maps, Google Maps, and MapQuest, which once provided maps, have added locations of restaurants, retailers and other businesses that users can search for while viewing maps. This has also added greatly to the revenue of these websites.
Nowadays the Web 2.0 phenomenon is unstoppable and is considered almost a de facto standard and if someone is not using those tools then they are lagging behind. To achieve deeper understanding about the impacts of web 2.0 as well as sustainability and ethical issues related to this domain, it is essential to delve people’s reflective thinking and their experience by interviewing them.
List of prepared questions
Would you please tell me your favourite 2.0 site? And explain why you like it?
Today there are an uncountable number of 2.0 sites on the internet, each website has each own purpose to attract many users and clients. This question is aimed to ask an interviewee who is working in IT industry area to get the general idea how it impacts on his daily life. The question is to find out which 2.0 website the interviewee does really like to see whether it is a common site that everyone all knows it and what characteristic of that site has been successful to attract him.
With the applications of Web 2.0, everything starts considerably changing. One of the considerable changes is the way people interact with other. Facebook, for example, is the most favourite and well-know site in which user can share information and interact to each other. It is considered a core interaction method and becomes an indispensable part of their lives.
Prompt questions:
Apart from … site you told me, is there any other 2.0 site you often to access and what is the benefit of those websites?
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