Web 2 0 Convergence and User Generated Content by Stuart Davis web 2 0 blogging social networking micro blogging RSS services content sharing and remixing integration of online apps browsing convergence Web 2 0 refers to the idea of interactive media It goes back to the idea of interactivity It is characterized by user generated content def a large part of the content that exists on these web 2 0 platforms is created by individuals using their computers their computers to create content Facebook is user generated You supply the text photos and architecture of it Blogging is another big example of user generated content RSS services content sharing and remixing And the use of online applications IT S CRITIQUING THE IDEA OF BROWSING It is a step beyond browsing You went to the internet for browsing Web 1 0 Web 2 0 you are the one creating knowledge web material and content for the internet It is supported by recent technological developments particularly increased media convergence As different media things like movies like Matrix or Harry Potter as that expands into a franchise as they move beyond the theatres themselves you have all these networks coming up that decorated around user generated content Harry potter website Hogwarts s daily People are having the capabilities of re writing parts of the media to meet their own interests Things like Harry Potter related websites fan communities about TV shows the internet creating avenues to talk about media and create rewrite mainstream media from a more user specific perspective
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