Concept of web 2.0
Characteristics
Criticism
RSS

user-centered
interoperability
design
interactive
information collaboration
sharing
Web
2.0

Characteristics: Collective intelligence
“ a form of universally distributed intelligence,
constantly enhanced, coordinated in real time,
and resulting in the effective mobilization of
skills”
(Levy, 1997, p. 13)

Characteristics: Collective intelligence

Characteristics: Net effect

Characteristics: Self expression
http://www.youtube.com/user/malepichot http://www.flickr.com/photos/ende/

Characteristics: Personalisation

new internet-based
applications
collaboration of users
customisation of the web sites

Criticism
Sir Tim Berners-Lee,
creator of world wide web

Some numbers…
• 13 million articles
Wikipedia
• 271 languages
• 800,000 Australian
visitors in June 2009
Twitter • up from 13,000 in June
2008
• => 607% increase
• 3 out of 4 Australians
Social visited a SNS
Networking • Nearly 9 million
Sites
Australians visited a SNS
(Australia, June
2009) • Facebook: more than 6
million unique visitors
(List of Wikipedias, 2009; Smith, J. 2009)

Sharing information: RSS
Definition:
A Web content
syndication format
(WWW3, 2002)

Sharing information
RSS
Browser
Online Desktop
service software

Google Reader
http://www.google.com/reader

What is RSS and how is it useful?
http://www.youtube.com/user/irishpolyglot#p/u/14/F65ZTtI0Cx8

References
Lévy, P. (1997). Collective intelligence: mankind's emerging world in cyberspace. New York Plenum
Trade.
Laningham, S. (2006). DeveloperWorks Interviews: Tim Berners-Lee. Retrieved 8 October, 2009,
from http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/podcast/dwi/cm-int082206txt.html#author
List of Wikipedias. (2009). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 8 October, 2009, from
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/List_of_Wikipedias
Smith, J. (2009). Australian Social Media Statistics: 2 Million More. Retrieved 8 October, 2009,
from http://switchedonmedia.com.au/2009/social-media/australian-social-media-statistics-2-
million-more/
WWW3. RSS 2.0 specification. (2002). Retrieved 15 October, 2009, from
http://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html
Bibliography consulted
O'Reilly, T. (2005). What Is Web 2.0: Design Patterns and Business Models for the Next
Generation of Software. Retrieved 8 October, 2009, from http://oreilly.com/web2/archive/what-
is-web-20.html
Participative Web and user-created content [electronic resource] : Web 2.0, wikis and social
networking (2007). [Paris]: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Vossen, G. (2007). Unleashing Web 2.0 : from concepts to creativity. Amsterdam: Morgan
Kaufmann.