Here is the comparison between the Voice of Authority (Web1.0) and Multiple Voices (Web 2.0) in Digital communication.

1. Web 1.0 & Web 2.0

3. Introduction
• Digital technology has created many spaces and purposes for communication such
as exchanging information, ideas, meeting needs, and self-expression.
• It also offers many options for all segment of society in education, entertainment
and so on..
• Moreover, there are two kind of digital context for communication which are
‘Traditional’ world wide web ( known as Web 1.0) and the contributory web (Web
2.0).
• However, the difference with new technology is that publication is now available
to everyone and does not have to be moderated by an editor, (whereas in the pre-
internet age, publication was available to only a small minority of people and usually subject
to an approval process before being made public ).

4. The voice of
authority (Web 1.0)

5. The voice of authority (Web 1.0)
• (Web 1.0) is the older forms of digital
communication, in which the content on the
web is created and controlled by a site owner.
• An example of Web 1.0 is that BBC news
website or mobile app.

7. There are many features in Web 1.0
such:
• Posts are reviewed by a moderator before they are published online
• Moderator contributes to the authority and reliability of a site
• Comments may not be reliable but moderation ensures they are
free from abusive language and definite lies.
• Communication is trustworthy (e.g., BBC news).

8. There are many features in Web 1.0
such:
• It allows responses from learners, albeit in a restricted form.

9. There are many features in Web 1.0
such:
• The content of ELT materials on these websites is reliable
(e.g., definition of a word on the OED website vs. a blog).

10. Multiple Voices
(Web 2.0)

12. Multiple Voices (Web 2.0)
• Web 2.0 is the newer forms of communication, in which there
is no ‘authority’ and in which communication is peer to peer.
• Web 2.0 is a term commonly used for website that consist
entirely of user contributions.

13. Multiple Voices (Web 2.0)
• Furthermore, with the appearance of new technology, the
term ‘technolect’ was originally coined to mean the language
of a particular technical field.
• One fairly clear area of language change is orthography.

14. Multiple Voices (Web 2.0)
• Moreover, micorobogginig is a communicative act that simply
did not exist before the advent of Twitter and Facebook,
which allows people to update their statues with limited
words.

15. Some features of Web 2.0:
• In Web 2.0 learners are most likely to find new types of
language.

16. Some features of Web 2.0
• It offers information and instructions of using Goegle’s services for the academic
semester.
• It also provide invaluable resources for source material for teachers (text, sound and
video) and a forum in which students can publish their work.

17. Some features of Web 2.0
• Web 2.0 tools allow new types of activities (e.g., effect of Twitter posts
on your lexical and structural choices) as compared to Web 1.0 activities
(e.g., using blog to keep diaries).
• ¤ Web 2.0 tools and resources allow high levels of user activity (users do
not create content but they comment on each other’s ideas and quality
of work).

18. Some features of Web 2.0
• There is no owning authority who posts editorial
material.

19. Some features of Web 2.0
• Websites depend entirely for their existence on user contributions (e.g.,
video upload sites, photo-sharing sites, wikis, social networking sites,
blogs, online slideshows, etc.)

20. Thank you for listening.
Presented by: Mutasim Albuhayri