Professional communication technologies
Discovering Web 2.0
Before starting on this course I had never even heard of Web 2.0, so this was a completely new concept to me.
I think I am lucky to be part of a generation that can remember life before the Internet became almost a necessity of everyday life. This allows me to compare the differences between before and after the introduction of Web 2.0.
Architectures of participation
This is something I could really relate to whilst reading reader 1. At the time of reading this I was in the process of setting up my own ballet classes up in a local village hall. 10-15 years ago my advertising for this would probably have consisted of putting posters up in local shops and putting letter through doors. This would have been , as quoted from reader 1 a 'traditional one-to-one basis' way of getting in touch with people. However, with the evolution of the Web and the introduction on Facebook, this has enabled people to advertise and communicate with many people with out even leaving your front room. So this is what I chose for my main platform to advertise my classes.
Before starting on this course I had never even heard of Web 2.0, so this was a completely new concept to me.
I think I am lucky to be part of a generation that can remember life before the Internet became almost a necessity of everyday life. This allows me to compare the differences between before and after the introduction of Web 2.0.
Architectures of participation
This is something I could really relate to whilst reading reader 1. At the time of reading this I was in the process of setting up my own ballet classes up in a local village hall. 10-15 years ago my advertising for this would probably have consisted of putting posters up in local shops and putting letter through doors. This would have been , as quoted from reader 1 a 'traditional one-to-one basis' way of getting in touch with people. However, with the evolution of the Web and the introduction on Facebook, this has enabled people to advertise and communicate with many people with out even leaving your front room. So this is what I chose for my main platform to advertise my classes.
Within one day of creating my page I had received over 100 likes, I had received numerous messages, people were communicating via my posts not just with myself, but with other people regarding the classes, this is an example of the 'many to many' approach, as many people were able to interact and comment all from just one post.
Below you can see an example of this (I have blocked out names for privacy reasons)
All though I am one of those people who would say 'I miss the days before social media' and I do genuinely believe that not everything that can come out of social media is good, I do believe that for professional reasons it can be invaluable. And especially for the performing arts industry. Facebook, YouTube, dancers pro, star now etc, all allow you to advertise yourself or your business with the ability to potentially reach thousands of people around the world almost instantly.
Hey Emily - I was in the exact same boat as you! I think I knew tonnes of Web 2.0 forums - I just didn't know the correct title for them as a collective :P
ReplyDeleteIt is actually amazing when you think about it how many people you can reach so instantly within your circle of friends and friends of friends with a simple status / picture. Really makes you think about how connected the Web World is
I once did not get a job because I did not know the term 'cell' - it was for a digital repository - I suppose giving names to these ideas and the sources of the ideas is sometimes expected as well - just as with performance vocabulary - we now need to know what a blog and tweet are
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