What is Web 2.0?

What is Web 2.0?

1. CONTEMPORARY ISSUES

   • Piracy
     • At the start of Web 2.0, it was known that because of the advancement in technology, the growth in piracy would be seen. This is mainly because it was easier to upload and share files, especially movies.
     • LimeWire was one of the first software clients which was able to access specific databases that stored illegal files, these included movies, tv shows and paid applications, etc. It meant that anyone could easily log onto the program and be able to download countless files with ease, whilst also breaking the copyright infringement law.
     • At the start of piracy, the film industry were the first to lose money because of piracy, whereas now in 2017, music is the industry which has the most loss, as it is still the same as it was when it first appeared online, unlike movies which are more enticing when viewing in the cinema.
   • Pornography
     • With the new ability to easily be able to upload video files to the internet, in which they could then be eaily played at anyone's disposal, adult entertainment companies jumped to the chance of being able to create websites which stored all of their material for the public. As the internet is a free access place, people of young ages were able to access these sites, and view the content without permission - this creates the cycle of kids growing up too fast, and knowing things they probably shouldn't from a young age.

2. ROLES OF THE AUDIENCE AND INSTITUTIONS

   • The audience is there to be able to use the resources and services that institutions offer.
   • Cross-media convergence
     • CMC allowed for the community, or audiences to become a producer, simply because of the fact that mobile devices (smartphones) incorporated all of the technology which made it easy to create content.

3. HOW HAVE AUDIENCE/INSTITUION RELATIONSHIPS CHANGED?

   • When YouTube was born in 2005, it was mainly institute videos that appeared on the site, now in 2017, you find an equal amount of audience/institute videos, as of the ability to be a prosumer.
   • Web 2.0 has allowed publishing companies to develop their platforms to fit the online age. Meaning that more people are able to access this news content whenever they want, allowing the publishing companies to charge advertisement companies and gain a lot of revenue.