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Reflection-Web Squared: Web 2.0 Five Years On"

Five years ago, it's started a meeting based on a simple idea, which evolved into a movement. The original Web 2.0 conference (current Web 2.0 Summit) is aimed at restoring confidence in the industry that has been lost since the dot-com meltdown. We argued that the Web was still a long way off. In fact, it is beginning to become a powerful platform for the generation of computer applications and services that are changing culture. The first program asked why some companies survived the dot-com breakdown and why they failed so miserably. He also asked why he was growing so fast while studying the start-up business group. Answers helped me understand the business rules of this new platform. The key point of insight is that "network as platform" means more than simply delivering existing applications (software as a service) over the network. The more people use, the more applications they literally build, the more network effects they can leverage to gain users, as well as l...

Reflection-Constituents of a Theory of the Media

The components of Hans Magnus Enzensberger's 1970 essay media theory described seven characteristics of what constitutes missing media. Decentralized Program Each receiver is a potential transmitter Mobilization of the masses Batch production Related people's interactions, feedback Social control by self-organization Political Learning Course New media scholars and students often discuss whether digital media, including the Internet, completely fills this criterion. Enzensberger is considered a classic Marxist thinker looking for a socialist media system. He also explained media convergence before the digital age and predicted that this would be the dominant trend within media.