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New Media The Internet: Web 2.0 Mohammed Ibahrine [email protected] or [email protected] Communication Studies School of Humanities and Social Sciences Al Akhwayn University Ifrane, Morocco • • • • [1] What is the difference between the Internet and the Web? [2] History of the Internet [3] Theories of Information Society [3.1] Theories of Internet and Politics – [3.1.1] The Neofuturists – [3.1.2] The Dystopians – [3.1.3] The Technorealists • [4] Web 2.0 – [4.1] Google Society • [5] Social Media 21/07/2015 2 The Internet • Many people use the terms Internet and World Wide Web (the Web) interchangeably, • But in fact the two terms are not synonymous • The Internet and the Web are two separate but related things • The Internet is a massive network of networks, a networking infrastructure • Information that travels over the Internet does so via a variety of 21/07/2015 3 languages known as protocols World Wide Web • The World Wide Web, or simply Web, is a way of accessing information over the medium of the Internet • It is an information-sharing model that is built on top of the Internet • The Web uses the HTTP protocol, only one of the languages spoken over the Internet, to transmit data • The Web also utilizes browsers such as Netscape, Explorer and Firefox to access Web documents called Web pages that are linked to each other via hyperlins 21/07/2015 4 Tim Berners-Lee • [ 21/07/2015 5 History • In August 1991, Sir Tim Berners-Lee created the first website • Founded World Wide Web Consortium at MIT in 1994 • Named by Time magazine as one of the top 20 thinkers of the 20th century 21/07/2015 6 The Structure of the Theoretical Debate on Politics and the Internet DEMOCARCY DYSTOPIANS ACCESS INTERNET and POLITICS TECHNOREALISTS INFORMATION COMMUNICATION NEOFUTURISTS COMMUNITY 21/07/2015 7 Key Notions • DIGITAL DIVIDE: What It Is and Why It Matters What It Is • “Digital Divide” refers to the gap between those able to benefit from digital technology and those who are not • 21/07/2015 8 DIGITAL DIVIDE: What It Is and Why It Matters • $100, Third-World Laptop Stirs Big Debate • Negroponte, the founding director of the M.I.T. Media Laboratory, • • Negroponte said the manufacturing cost was now below $150 and that it would fall below $100 by the end of 2008 • Negroponte has been a globetrotting salesman for the project • Muammar el-Qaddafi in interested in the project 21/07/2015 9 21/07/2015 10 International Communication Regime • International Telecommunication Union ITU • ICANN 21/07/2015 11 International Telecommunication Union ITU • DIGITAL DIVIDE: What It Is and Why It Matters What It Is • “Digital Divide” refers to the gap between those able to benefit from digital technology and those who are not • (See www.itu.int/ITU-D/digitaldivide) 21/07/2015 12 ICANN • ICANN is responsible for the global coordination of the Internet's system of unique identifiers • These include domain names (like .org, .museum and country codes like .UK), as well as the addresses used in a variety of Internet protocols • ICANN's global stakeholders meet regularly to develop policies that ensure the Internet's ongoing security and stability 21/07/2015 13 Internet Corporation For Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) 21/07/2015 14 History of the phrase “Web 2.0 • “Web 2.0” has become a catch-all buzzword that people use to describe a wide range of online activities and applications • When the term emerged in 2004 (coined by Dale Dougherty and popularized by O’Reilly Media and MediaLive International) • O’Reilly and others have smartly outlined some of the defining characteristics of Web 2.0 applications —utilizing collective intelligence, providing network-enabled interactive services, giving users control over their own data—these traits do not always map neatly on to the technologies held 21/07/2015up as examples 15 Web 1.0 vs. Web 2.0 Web 1.0 DoubleClick Ofoto Akamai 3.com Britannica Online Personal websites Domain name speculation Content management systems Directories (taxonomy) Stickiness 21/07/2015 Web 2.0 Google AdSense Flickr BitTorrentmp Napster Wikipedia Blogging Search engine optimization Wikis Tagging ("folksonomy") Syndication 16 Google demonstrates many Web 2.0 sensibilities Sergey Brin President, Technology 21/07/2015 Larry Page President, Products 17 Google Society or Googlezation of Society 21/07/2015 18 Google Society or Googlezation of Society 21/07/2015 19 Google Society • The googlization of society will make everyone famous for 10 minutes and for 10 people’ 21/07/2015 20 Web 2.0 Meme Map 21/07/2015 21 Examples of Social Media Services Social media MySpace YouTube Second Life Digg Del.icio.us Reddit Flickr Webjay Indymedia 21/07/2015 Services A blogging platform A videoblogging platform A virtual world gaming platform A news sharing platform A bookmark sharing platform A news sharing platform A photosharing platform A music playlist sharing platform A global network of independent journalists and alternative media 22 A wiki • Wiki Wiki sign at Honolulu International Airport 21/07/2015 23 A wiki • [Definition] • A wiki is a type of website that allows the visitors themselves to easily add, remove, and otherwise edit and change some available content, sometimes without the need for registration • This ease of interaction and operation makes a wiki an effective tool for collaborative authoring • • The term wiki also can refer to the collaborative software itself Wiki engine that facilitates the operation of such a website, or to certain specific wiki sites, including the computer science site • 21/07/2015 24 Morocco on Wikipedia - 2006 21/07/2015 25 iPod 2001 • The iPod is currently the world's best-selling digital audio player and its worldwide mainstream adoption makes it one of the most popular consumer brands 21/07/2015 26 Podcast 21/07/2015 27 “Podcasting will change radio, not kill it” • [Definition] • A podcast is a multimedia file distributed over the Internet using syndication feeds, for playback on mobile devices and personal computers • Originally, the term meant a portmanteau of "broadcasting" and “iPod“ (Ben Hammersley, The Guardian, 2004) 21/07/2015 28 “Podcasting will change radio, not kill it” • The “pod” comes from Apple's iPod, a fashionable portable music player • The “casting” comes from broadcasting, which means sending a radio signal to an entire population in a particular geographic area at a particular time • The podcaster is the person who hosts or authors of a podcast • The editors of the New Oxford American Dictionary declared "podcasting" the 2005 word of the year 21/07/2015 29 Primary Characteristics of a Blog The word “blog” appears to date back to 1997, when one of the few practitioners at the time, Jorn Barger, called his website a “weblog” In 1999, another user, Peter Merholz, playfully broke the word into “we blog”, and somehow the new term—blog—stuck as both a verb and a noun Technically, Weblogs, or "blogs," are frequently updated webpages with a series of archived posts or entries (old content remains accessible), typically in a reverse-chronological journaling (format) 21/07/2015 30 Primary Characteristics of a Blog Most blogs provide hypertext; links to related news articles, documents, blog entries within each entry (attribution) Many blogs allow for audience comments and have RSS or XML feed (ease of syndication) Blog posts are primarily textual, but they may also contain pictures (“photoblogs”) and or other multimedia content such as video (“vlogs”) 21/07/2015 31 Creating a Blog_Smart Mobs 21/07/2015 32 Technorati Who is saying what. Right now Each post is stored on its own distinct archive page, the so-called “permalink”, where it can always be found On average, Technorati tracks some 50,000 new posts an hour 21/07/2015 33 Technorati Who is saying what. Right now 21/07/2015 34 Technorati Search for Blogging 21/07/2015 35 Technorati Search for Blogging • “The people formerly known as your audience, or the people formerly known as consumers, are now participants in the process of building your brand.” David Sifry, Founder and CEO, Technorati 21/07/2015 36 Creative Commons The word “blog” appears to date back to 1997, when one of the few practitioners at the time, Jorn Barger, called his site a “weblog” In 1999, another user, Peter Merholz, playfully broke the word into “we blog”, and somehow the new term—blog—stuck as both a verb and a noun Technically, it means a web page to which its owner regularly adds new entries, or “posts”, which tend to be (but need not be) short and often contain hyperlinks to other blogs or websites Besides text and hypertext, posts can also contain pictures (“photoblogs”) and video (“vlogs”) 21/07/2015 Each post is stored on its own distinct archive page, the so-called 37 Open Source and Free Culture The word “blog” appears to date back to 1997, when one of the few practitioners at the time, Jorn Barger, called his site a “weblog” In 1999, another user, Peter Merholz, playfully broke the word into “we blog”, and somehow the new term—blog—stuck as both a verb and a noun Technically, it means a web page to which its owner regularly adds new entries, or “posts”, which tend to be (but need not be) short and often contain hyperlinks to other blogs or websites Besides text and hypertext, posts can also contain pictures (“photoblogs”) and video (“vlogs”) 21/07/2015 Each post is stored on its own distinct archive page, the so-called 38 YouTube 2005 • YouTube is a popular free video sharing web site which lets users upload, view, and share video clips • In 13 November 2006, Google, Inc., bought for $1.65 billion 21/07/2015 39 YouTube_Broadcast Yourself 21/07/2015 40 MP3 Players 21/07/2015 41 Flickr 21/07/2015 42 Flickr: • [Definition] • Flikr is a photo sharing website and web services suite, • And an online community platform 21/07/2015 43 • [Definition] • MySpace is a social networking website offering an interactive, user-submitted network of friends, personal profiles, blogs, groups, photos, music, and videos • MySpace also has an internal search engine and an internal e-mail system • More than 100 million accounts created • Third most popular site in the U.S. (after Yahoo and Google) 21/07/2015 44 Firefox 2 • Supporters of social media claim that we are entering an age when it is indeed possible for individuals to respond to any public opinion • The cost of becoming part of the networked public sphere has become negligible, and new models of participation are being developed and tested • Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia, recently launched an initiative that seeks to redefine the political process: • "If broadcast media brought us broadcast politics, then 21/07/2015 participatory media will bring us participatory politics45 Skype 2003 21/07/2015 46 The Indymedia Network • Indymedia is both a global online network (www.indymedia.org) and over 140 local, autonomous Indymedia organisations around the world offering ‘grassroots, non-corporate coverage’ of major protests and issues relevant to the anti-capitalist, peace and social justice movements • Local Indymedia centres can be found across Europe, including the UK, as well as Israel, Palestine, South Africa, Indonesia, Nigeria, Australia, Russia, Brazil, Cyprus, Croatia, India and Colombia 21/07/2015 47 The Indymedia Network • Over one third of the IMCs (Independent Media Centres) are located in the U.S. and Canada • Born out of the need to provide a space for alternative voices and independent journalists during the massive antiWTO demonstrations in 1999 in Seattle, Indymedia has continued to grow exponentially since, both in size and scope • This means that anyone can post a print article, photo, video or audio piece directly onto the website under the ‘newswire’ section 21/07/2015 48 The Indymedia Network 21/07/2015 49 Wired magazine – “When the tools are spread ubiquitously, talent will rise out, luck will rise out, and being in the right place at the right time will rise out, and suddenly you will see the content just emerging whether it meant to or not.” Chris Anderson, Editor-in-Chief of Wired 21/07/2015 50 Social Media • [Definition] – Social media are online tools and platforms and include Blogging Podcasting Videoblogging Photoblogging Wikis Mailing lists Bulletin boards Message boards – have significantly limited the traditional media 21/07/2015 51 Participatory Journalism Participatory journalism is a concept that embraces an expanded two-way communication between established media and readers, allowing readers to interact with journalists and news organizations Today’s practice of blogging embodies these concepts of journalism It is the latest in a series of technologies that have changed the face of both mass communication and 21/07/2015social networks 52 Social Media • Advocates of social media will point out that while there are applications such as wikis and social bookmarking that embody this 'unlimited aggregation' approach, the ecology of social media is balanced by the presence of other applications such as blogs and social networking where individuality and cooperation are alive and well • By using a mix of social media, communities can benefit both from the wisdom of crowds and the wisdom of individuals 21/07/2015 53 Citizens' media • Citizens' media—also called alternative media or radical media—are instances where communication technologies are used by • Citizens' groups Collectives Grassroots organizations Social movements to meet their information, communication, expression, and networking needs 21/07/2015 54 Citizens' media • Citizens' media—also called alternative media or radical media—are instances where communication technologies are used by • Citizens' groups Collectives Grassroots organizations Social movements to meet their information, communication, expression, 21/07/2015and networking needs 55 Readers or Aggregators 21/07/2015 56 Associative Statement • This icon was introduced by Mozilla Firefox to indicate a web feed was present on a webpage. Microsoft Internet Explorer and Opera have also adopted the icon 21/07/2015 57 The Arab Countries and the Digital Age 21/07/2015 58