Web 2.0

BUT FIRST... WEB 1.0

Mid 1990s > home computers became affordable. Use of the internet becomes more commonplace. 

BUT of the content was created by people who knew how to write the code.

Control of the internet lay in the hands of those who knew how to create it. 

BUT FIRST... WEB 2.0

Web 2.0 the second stage of development of the internet, characterised by the change from read-only web pages to dynamic or user-generated content and the growth of social media

The internet of things the interconnection via the internet of computing devices embedded in everyday objects, enabling them to send and receive data 

Mid 2000s: moving from dial up to broadband (faster internets)

More internet access = more individual user content

Internet content created by the users: YouTube, Wikipedia, Twitter and Facebook all created during this time 

Audience has agency!

Audiences can act collectively to call on governments and institutions to change the course of world events through their actions online.