Web 2.0 Essay

WEB 2.0 TECHNOLOGIES

UKIT PUNNAWIRAT
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
ASSUMPTION UNIVERSITY OF THAILAND
BANGKOK, THAILAND
ukitp@hotmail.com
Abstract
The demand for web 2.0 technology is growing rapidly in the present day.   People in the community tend to use many kinds of web 2.0 such as youtube, facebook, twitter, etc.
In this paper, I present the full details of web 2.0 technology, advantages and disadvantages, how web 2.0 is important to our lives in the present day, what kinds of technologies are being used in web 2.0, comparison between web 1.0 and 2.0, web 3.0, and how web 2.0 may lead our society to the future.
I strongly believe that with this paper I have done here, it provides the complete ideas of what does it really mean for the word “Web 2.0 Technology” and how it can be the benefit for all the people in the society.
  1. Introduction
Internet is an integral part of human society in the modern era.   In the present day, internet is more than just a place where people come and check email, doing live chat, or does surfing.   The populations of the people who use internet are increasing rapidly. “The Internet started over 30 years ago as a loose collection of links to documents for assorted research centers and universities”[1]. Nowadays, people can log on to the internet and easily communicate to the public by using the newest technology called Web 2.0 technology.   With the approach of Web 2.0 technology, the cyber world is friendlier than the past.   People posted comments, interact with each other comments, share a link and even more activities they can do.   Web 2.0 can be used as business purpose and pleasure purpose.   According to one essay writer and Wikipedia that I’ve found on the internet, the phrase "Web 2.0" was coined by Dale Dougherty, Craig Cline, and Darcy DiNucci [1, 2].   “They wanted a term that would highlight the new evolution of the Internet, and show the growth it has undergone. Within...