Exploring the Social Web
Exploring the Social Web
INF 103
Instructor
May 21, 2013
Exploring the Social Web
Introduction
The way we communicate, socialize, and share information is vastly different today than it was years ago. We utilize computers, phones, tablets, and other electronic devices to access the internet, where we can do a multitude of different things. As will be demonstrated, the advent of the social web has changed our culture today and going forward. The social web has become a platform to perform many of the tasks of yesterday without even leaving our home or office. It has completely redefined the way we communicate. The social web and the internet are so broad and vast that this paper will only skim the surface of all that can be done.
What is the Social Web? The social web is a particular term for the World Wide Web as a kind of social media. The term is currently used to portray how people socialize or interact with each other throughout the web. The Social Web refers typically to social networking, Facebook for example, and content-sharing sites within Web 2.0. The term Web 2.0 was coined in 2004. At its most basic level, people can visit Web 2.0 web pages and leave their own content for other people to view (Bowles, 2010). These social websites are mostly created around the connections of people of the same interest. Popular sites are Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn that focus on social interaction, sharing, and networking. Most often, users create a profile that may contain personal information such as photos, phone numbers, and email addresses. Users may choose what information they share and the information they keep private. Other prominent social networking sites allow users to talk while viewing each other on the computer or output device. Skype and WebEx are examples of this.
Socializing in the Past Remember the days when we used to bring our pictures in a photo album to share with friends and family? We would take pictures
INF 103
Instructor
May 21, 2013
Exploring the Social Web
Introduction
The way we communicate, socialize, and share information is vastly different today than it was years ago. We utilize computers, phones, tablets, and other electronic devices to access the internet, where we can do a multitude of different things. As will be demonstrated, the advent of the social web has changed our culture today and going forward. The social web has become a platform to perform many of the tasks of yesterday without even leaving our home or office. It has completely redefined the way we communicate. The social web and the internet are so broad and vast that this paper will only skim the surface of all that can be done.
What is the Social Web? The social web is a particular term for the World Wide Web as a kind of social media. The term is currently used to portray how people socialize or interact with each other throughout the web. The Social Web refers typically to social networking, Facebook for example, and content-sharing sites within Web 2.0. The term Web 2.0 was coined in 2004. At its most basic level, people can visit Web 2.0 web pages and leave their own content for other people to view (Bowles, 2010). These social websites are mostly created around the connections of people of the same interest. Popular sites are Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn that focus on social interaction, sharing, and networking. Most often, users create a profile that may contain personal information such as photos, phone numbers, and email addresses. Users may choose what information they share and the information they keep private. Other prominent social networking sites allow users to talk while viewing each other on the computer or output device. Skype and WebEx are examples of this.
Socializing in the Past Remember the days when we used to bring our pictures in a photo album to share with friends and family? We would take pictures
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