Web 2.0

Web 2.0 - An Argument Against Convergence
Allen, First Monday 3.2008.

For the purposes of LINK, Web 2.0 is used casually - or perhaps with a suspension of critical analysis - to mean:

• technologies that permit easy generation, publishing and interaction with content through the web without necessarily having to build one's own sites and services
• a mindset that privileges human interaction through and about content so generated with an emphasis on media consumers as producers
• linking people (identities) with ideas (knowledge) through interaction (communication