Web 2.0

Question 0

What does Web 2.0 allow audiences to do?

Answer 0

Become prosumers of media texts

Question 1

Who defined Web 2.0?

Answer 1

Tim O’Reilly in 2005

Question 2

Who is Ian Tomlinson?

Answer 2

Was the man killed after being hit by a policeman during the 2009 G20 summit protests in London.

Question 3

What did the police statement say about Tomlinsons death?

Answer 3

They said that efforts to administer first aid were stopped by protesters who were being violent towards officers

Question 4

What was on the video a New York lawyer sent in revealing the truth about Tomlinson’s death?

Answer 4

It showed no signs of violence from the victim or onlookers

Question 5

What did that Ian Tomlinson case show audiences?

Answer 5

That we could oppose authority

Question 6

What are open source servers?

Answer 6

Sites like Wikipedia, it allows people to post and edit information

Question 7

Are open source servers fair and democratic?

Answer 7

Yes as it promotes freedom of speech and allows anyone to use it

No because some info could be wrong

Question 8

What two forms of media does YouTube host?

Answer 8

UGC and traditional media

Question 9

What was urges and green’s quote?

Answer 9

” a space where both categories exist but never collide, and so it is not converging” this shows that sites like YouTube are becoming more hedgemonic

Question 10

What site was the video of Ian Tomlinson sent to?

Answer 10

The Gardian, a broadsheet

Question 11

How was Twitter influential in the protest against government cuts in 2010?

Answer 11

It helped publicise the fact that a number of companies like Boots were moving their head offices to countries with lower corporate tax rates,and so avoiding paying the British exchequer what he is owed.

Question 12

Who is Philip Green?

Answer 12

He runs the Arcadia group which includes shops such as Top Shop

Question 13

How was Philip green targeted on Twitter?

Answer 13

He was targeted on Twitter for protests because he paid 1.2b dividend to his wife to avoid paying £285m in tax.

Question 14

How was the UK Uncut protest publicised on Twitter?

Answer 14

Ten like minded activists, many environmental activists and in their 20’s hatched an idea to target the alleged tax avoiders. The night before the protest the Twitter account @uncut and the accompanying hashtag #uncut were created, allowing others to rally around the issue.

Question 15

How is #uncut a testament to the collaborative possibilities of the Internet and shows the democratic potential of Web 2.0

Answer 15

It is democratic as so few People were able to create such an effective protest overnight . By including the hashtag anyone could see it or contribute to it.

Question 16

Is hashtag uncut an example of the non hierarchal nature of Twitter?

Answer 16

Yes, despite having founders, the hashtag enabled country wide protests

Question 17

How did Twitter become convergent during student protests?

Answer 17

It combined with Google Maps to create real time information about the anti tuition fees student protest in London so that people could avoid the police

Question 18

What is the name of the man who was pulled out of an Internet cafe and killed by police for trying to use the Internet?

Answer 18

Khalistan Said, a business and man and anti-corruption campaigner

Question 19

How does khalid Said’s situation show media convergence and how is this democratic?

Answer 19

Within days an anonymous activist created a Facebook page with images of Said’s battered and bloody body in the morgue, which contrasts to YouTube videos of him as a happy, smiling young man. This shows media convergence. It is democratic as it showed the truth and how brutal the Egyptian police were.

Question 20

How many followed did Said’s page have by the time the revolution started?

Answer 20

Half a million