Continuing the first week’s COM125: Intro to Internet, I show current social uses of the web. I talk about collective intelligence, smartmobs, citizen journalism, what “Web 2.0″ is about and how it’s an overused term (erm, Web 3.0 anyone?). I also cover related components of the social web and talk about the significance of blogs in light of today’s mainstream media.
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Dr. Kevin Lim recently graduated with his PhD in Communication at the University at Buffalo (SUNY). Dabbling for both pragmatic and play, he seeks an ideal interplay between online and offline life, through social networking, blogging and lifecasting. He openly wishes to become a "social cyborg", where the meshing of human and networking technology would allow one's presence to be augmented by the minds of many. Read more...reputation
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