[Updated June 9, 2008]
… but when I have to I’m going to start using the phrase social media instead of Web 2.0.
Social Media in Plain English from leelefever on Vimeo.
Based on my experiences, I think the use of Web 2.0 is just too confusing and too many people get caught up in tools. I think that social media does a better job of getting at the social nature of learning and the new means in which anyone can create, publish, and participate.
3 responses so far ↓
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Bud Hunt
// Jun 5, 2008 at 11:51 pm
Yeah - I say “read/write web” - but social media is good.
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Ryan Bretag
// Jun 6, 2008 at 12:02 am
While it is hard not to use Web 2.0, it is something that I’ve tried to avoid though I don’t really have an answer as to why other than I’m not particularly fond of the connotations. I personally prefer participatory media.
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JExplorer
// Jun 6, 2008 at 8:05 pm
Well you are in good company: The ‘in plain english’ people are going with Social Media too.
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