Day 4: “Web1, Web2, Web3” Thursday, 7 February 2013 (NOTE: Download file to play audio narration) Returning back to course content, we will discuss the story of The Stolen Sidekick, and what it might demonstrate about the differences between “old” and “new” media. This example will help us better understand the implications of evolution of communication technologies from pre-Web, Web 1.0, Web 2.0 and Web 3.0 – implications for how we use (and are used by) our technologies. Join us at www.wvucommmooc.org or on Twitter at #WVUCommMOOC!

1. #WVUCommMOOC
WEB1  WEB2  WEB3

2. FOR TODAY
• Pre-Web
• Web1
• Web2
• Web3

3. PRE-WEB
• There was a time
before computers!
• “old” media systems
– Stuck in space-time
– One-way transmission
– Mass audiences

4. WEB1
• 6 August 1991
marks a shift in how
we transmit
information
• Web 1
– “Read”
– “Retrieve”

5. WEB2
• In 2005, we were introduced to a
new way of thinking about “Web”
• Web2
– “Create” “Could it be that the dot-
– “Collaborate”
com collapse marked some
kind of turning point for
the web?”
– ∆ in how existing tech was used ~Tim O’Reilly, on Web 2.0

6. WEB1 VS. WEB2

7. WEB3
• “Create” and
“Collaborate” assumes
that we are active…
• …but can the Web
generate its “own”
information?

8. PRE-WEB, WEB1, WEB2, WEB3

9. PRE-WEB, WEB1, WEB2, WEB3
• Are we going to a semantic web?
“It seems so, as our shared social space has
given us more access to those many different
bits of information. But, do we still need the
“earlier” webs (and pre-web)? Do those
channels still satisfy our goals? And can
“generative” information meet our goals?”

10. ENGAGE
• Let’s chat more! Share your answers and bring
your own questions and commentary:
– @bowmanspartan with #WVUCommMOOC
– WVUCommMOOC discussion forum
• 8 February 2013: “Power in Numbers”