Lecture Review 6- Media, New Media, Social Media
This week's lecture spoke about Media, New Media and Social Media. The lecture was interesting as it just shows us how important the media is and how media can be obtained mainly through internet these days. The internet has had a rollercoaster like existence from it's very beginning and now has a new internet era called Web 2.0
The term Web 2.0 definition is a system in which online users become participants rather than mere viewers.
The term Web 2.0 essentially doesn't mean anything for example there wasn't some amazing new internet that was suddenly created. It more refers to the idea that the now mundane "read only" web is now a thing of the past. While proclaiming the resurrection of the internet as a new "read/write" web. This idea was pioneered by Tim O'Rielly and his friends to get the tech community feeling good about itself again. So they came up with the notion, that the web mattered again. (Paul Graham, 2005) To put simply a definition for web 2.0 as stated on the exforsys.com website is that Web 2.0 is a system in which online users become participants rather than mere viewers. (exforsys.com)
In today's time, a common question about the internet is who has ownerhip of the online content such as music, movies, pictures and articles. While the Web 2.0 has it's directive of being the participant rather than being the user, we have seen a rise of new social networking technologies such as Facebook, Twitter and Myspace. These networking sites allow users to communicate to each other about their own opinions and ideas in their own personal home. Many business and celebrities have promoted themselves using New Media, such as Facebook and Myspace, as well as using other sites to gain attention. While this is an advantage of people promoting themselves, a disadvantage is that it does not stop other peopel from 'stealing' their content online. New laws are being created and debated all the time about who actually has the 'rights' in intel;ectual property exchange and excessability of free online content. Social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter have so many users that the government are trying to come up with rules and regulations for the use of these sites.
REFERENCE LIST
- Advantages and Disadvantages of Web 2.0. (n.d.). Retrieved September 11, 2010, fromhttp://www.exforsys.com/tutorials/web-2.0/advantages-and-disadvantages-of-web-2.0.html
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