Web 2.0

Kate Anderson                                                                                              1/30/2008
JRN320/Promise and Perils



          Essentially, at its conception, the Internet was a freeway for information and trade to travel upon by a series of linear paths. One who sought information received information from an online encyclopedia. One who sought to buy a product connected with a seller and received the product through online purchasing. With the inception of Web 2.0 technologies, the Internet was transformed into an interactive creative space. Internet users could now not only find information online, they could also share their own knowledge with other information seekers. Those who wished to engage in online purchasing could now participate in an online marketplace where buyers and sellers alike could actively participate in trade. The Internet was no longer a segway, but a platform on which user ingenuity could build upon.