144 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

138 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

144 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Web 2.0 is a highly accessible introductory text examining all the crucial discussions and issues which surround the changing nature of the World Wide Web. It not only contextualises the Web 2.0 within the history of the Web, but also goes on to explore its position within the broader dispositif of emerging media technologies. The book uncovers the connections between diverse media... Read more

Introduction  Remediation or Convergence?: Media and Technology in the Information Age  1. What is the 'Web' in Web 2.0?: A Short History of the Web  2. What is the '2.0' in Web 2.0?  3. New Formations: The Social Ambiance of the Web 2.0  4. The experience of the Web 2.0: A Techno-Phenomenology of Multi-tasking and Mobility  5. Critics of Web 2.0: Reading the Informational Politics of the Backlash  Further Reading and Links  Bibliography

Biography

Sam Han is an Instructional Technology Fellow of the Macaulay Honors College at the City University of New York. He studies and writes in the fields of social and cultural theory, media studies, religion and race. He is the author of Navigating Technomedia: Caught in the Web (2007), and co-editor of The Race of Time: A Charles Lemert Reader (2009).