Death and User Generated Content:
The Internet is continually evolving with technology. These new technological changes bring about fresh uses and ideas on what the internet is and what it can be used for. To date there have been two distinctive periods of the internet, web 1.0 and web 2.0. At the time the internet was not referred to as web 1.0, however with time and technology, patterns of use and applications formed defining the two. The defining features of web2.0 are communication, collaboration and information sharing, enabled through faster internet connections. Web 1’s low bandwidth would not support these applications. It could not process the information fast enough, and, contributions were mainly for the tech savvy. With web 2.0 came a user friendly interface where programming knowledge was not essential to contribute online. Sites like Youtube, Myspace and flickr emerged, re enforcing the web 2.0 philosophy of communication, collaboration and information sharing, resulting in user generated content.
