Web 2.0 and the Implications on Modern Society
Web 2.0, what are the implications on society?
In this project I will be discussing, the web , its history and growth into web 2.0 and how it changed the world and what impact that had on a variety of media institutions and media forms, and in particular the implications on society. I will be trying to find out myself if the internet is for better or for worse. Web 1.0 formally known as the World Wide Web was introduced to the public in 1991, and was a revelation to all who used it, an unlimited information source some saw it as, others saw it as a communication source and others saw it as just anther media platform, Bill Gates in His book The Road Ahead (1996:26) describes the internet as ‘becoming the town square for the global village of tomorrow’. The origins of the World Wide Web began long before this back in the 1960’s, to date there are contradicting theory’s on how the internet began , the only point which all seem to agree with was the Arpanet project in 1969, the project took place in the US and was funded by US tax money. The Arpanet was not an internet, it was a connection between two or more computer networks the aim was to try and make the computers understand and encrypt messages through a network, this idea was called ‘packet switching’, the first message was sent in 1969 from a computer science professor and his team at UCLA to Stanford research institute, and this was a part of the Arpanet project. Web 1.0 consisted of Homepages rather that were personal to the designer and in relation to the design the pages were static and in terms of interactivity. The end user could not impact or change the website in any way. The main emphasis behind web 1.0 was that it was a large scale of information produced by only a couple of web producers for the masses, so it could just easily be changed or modified, so in basic terms the authorities of the web, held all the keys in terms of development. Web 2.0 was the stage of
In this project I will be discussing, the web , its history and growth into web 2.0 and how it changed the world and what impact that had on a variety of media institutions and media forms, and in particular the implications on society. I will be trying to find out myself if the internet is for better or for worse. Web 1.0 formally known as the World Wide Web was introduced to the public in 1991, and was a revelation to all who used it, an unlimited information source some saw it as, others saw it as a communication source and others saw it as just anther media platform, Bill Gates in His book The Road Ahead (1996:26) describes the internet as ‘becoming the town square for the global village of tomorrow’. The origins of the World Wide Web began long before this back in the 1960’s, to date there are contradicting theory’s on how the internet began , the only point which all seem to agree with was the Arpanet project in 1969, the project took place in the US and was funded by US tax money. The Arpanet was not an internet, it was a connection between two or more computer networks the aim was to try and make the computers understand and encrypt messages through a network, this idea was called ‘packet switching’, the first message was sent in 1969 from a computer science professor and his team at UCLA to Stanford research institute, and this was a part of the Arpanet project. Web 1.0 consisted of Homepages rather that were personal to the designer and in relation to the design the pages were static and in terms of interactivity. The end user could not impact or change the website in any way. The main emphasis behind web 1.0 was that it was a large scale of information produced by only a couple of web producers for the masses, so it could just easily be changed or modified, so in basic terms the authorities of the web, held all the keys in terms of development. Web 2.0 was the stage of
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