"Web 2.0" refers to the second generation of internet technology that allows user generated content to be published online. Examples of this would be profile sharing websites like myspace where users can personalise and socialize by editing content on the webpages. Web 2.0 also includes 'open scourced' prgrams, where users are able to change the functions of programs that other people have created.
Advantages of Web 2.0:
~Lots of people can share ideas rather than it being dictated by one authority, making the internet a democratic system.
~Socialisation via the internet reinforces global village.
~Hearing other peoples ideas encourages openmindedness.
Disadvantages of Web 2.0:
~No filter. If anyone can edit online content then there is nothing to stop detrimental or false information being shared.
~People lose money when copyrighted material is shared for free, e.g. films/ music/ software.
~Dependence. If all our information is stored online and the system crashes or there is a powercut then there will be no hard copy and data could be lost.
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Well done - this is detailed and well considered.
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