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Web 2.0 tools: blogging, social networking

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Web2.0 is a participatory web using the internet as a platform, enabling user-generated content and social interaction. A blog is an online journal with posts and comments; social networking sites let users create profiles, connect, and share content.

Define Web 2.0? Explain Web 2.0 tools Blogging and Social Networking.

Web 2.0

Web 2.0 is the participatory, read-write phase of the Web in which users create, share and collaborate on content and the Web is used as a platform. It relies on AJAX, XML/JSON, RSS, open APIs and rich interfaces. Characteristics: user-generated content, social interaction, collective intelligence, tagging and openness.

Blogging

A blog (weblog) is a website of dated entries (posts) shown in reverse chronological order, written by one or more authors in an informal style.

  • Features: posts, comments, categories and tags, archives, permalinks, RSS feeds, trackbacks.
  • Types: personal, news, technical, corporate, microblogs (Twitter/X).
  • Tools: WordPress, Blogger, Medium.
  • Uses: sharing opinions and knowledge, journalism, marketing, education, building an audience.
  • Impact: gives everybody a publishing voice without technical skills and creates discussions through comments.

Social networking

A social networking site is an online platform where people create a profile, connect with friends and others, and share text, photos, videos and messages.

  • Features: user profile, friends/followers, news feed, likes, comments, groups, events, instant messaging, privacy settings.
  • Examples: Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn (professional), Twitter/X, TikTok, YouTube.
  • Uses: keeping contact, communities, online marketing, news, job search, campaigns.
  • Issues: privacy, fake news, cyber-bullying, addiction.
Users -- create profile --> Social network
  ^                          |
  +-- share / like / comment +--> friends and followers

Both tools rely on users as the source of content, which is the heart of Web 2.0.

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