2017
DOI: 10.1504/ijwet.2017.084024
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Web 1.0 to Web 2.0: an observational study and empirical evidence for the historical r(evolution) of the social web

Abstract: i.e. Web 1.0 → Web 2.0. Nevertheless the reference to a "second" version of the Web is misleading, since there wasn't any specific technical update of the World Wide Web. Hence, this paper empirically explores social media in a historical context as it has evolved and driven a revolution in online communication over the last decade. A unique historical dataset, made available by the Wayback Machine Internet Archive project is employed in order to provide an accurate historical record of the primary web design … Show more

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“…It is striking that the timing of the transition to linear growth occurred approximately a year before the term "Web 2.0" was popularised in (O'Reilly, 2007. This new phase was characterised by social networks, interactivity and collaboration -activities that drew heavily on the culture of interoperability enabled by Web standards that were developed in the earlier decade (Hall & Tiropanis, 2012;Sykora, 2017). It seems plausible that Web standardisation played a foundational role in creating the persistent architectures and protocols that guided the industry into continued incremental growth, where existing technological functionalities could be elaborated and deployed in new application domains and market niches.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…It is striking that the timing of the transition to linear growth occurred approximately a year before the term "Web 2.0" was popularised in (O'Reilly, 2007. This new phase was characterised by social networks, interactivity and collaboration -activities that drew heavily on the culture of interoperability enabled by Web standards that were developed in the earlier decade (Hall & Tiropanis, 2012;Sykora, 2017). It seems plausible that Web standardisation played a foundational role in creating the persistent architectures and protocols that guided the industry into continued incremental growth, where existing technological functionalities could be elaborated and deployed in new application domains and market niches.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In doing this, we overlook other important forms of growth in the Web, such as user participation and adoption, as well as open source and non-market-driven innovation. Previous historical studies in these areas have drawn insights from empirical indicators such as archived webpages (Rogers, 2017;Sykora, 2017 ), social networking infrastructures (Helmond et al, 2019), mailing lists (Hocquet & Wieber, 2018) and transnational networks of people and organisations that contributed to the expansion of the Internet (Siles, 2018). Growth of Internet software especially has been the subject of substantial literature on the importance of open innovation, where technologies are generative through being tinkered with or modified by anyone (Zittrain, 2008).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Our focus on the past decade in our inclusion criteria is due to the relatively recent emergence of social media, which only appeared in the first decade of the 21st century and gained increasing popularity [ 13 ] in its current form from around 2009 onward. The landscape and nature of social media’s interactive affordances have also evolved substantially [ 14 ], which is why we deemed that extending the study period beyond 1 decade would become problematic.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Web 1.0 constituted the first generation of the World Wide Web. It was considered a static read-only web with minor interaction or contribution from its visitors as it provided web pages with information only (Sykora, 2017). Years later, the late 1990s witnessed the release of multiple tools which made it possible for anyone to create online content that could be controlled by them and accessed by anyone online.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%