Web 2.0 is as much an ideology as a technology era

Evidence

Web 2.0 was a moment in technology innovation sandwiched between the dot-com bust and the App store. It wasn’t just a set of technologies (APIs, Ajax, client-side browser-based software, mash-ups), or a group of websites (Flickr, del.icio.us, Twitter, MySpace, YouTube), but a collection of ideals (transparency, participation, and openness) as well. It was also an opportunity to make some money. The “2.0” appellation, borrowed from software version numbers, differentiated the websites of 2006–2009 from those of 1997– 2001. It supposedly marked a break from the failures of the past and a radically new shift in the internet, from the web to “Web 2.0.” In this book, I treat Web 2.0 both as a historical moment and an ongoing discourse—one that combines technological progressivism (technology always makes things better) and technological determinism (technology determines social effects). The result is a set of characters, mythologies, and actions drawn from familiar American themes, like the rags-to-riches entrepreneur, and repositioned within startup culture. — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update, 22

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines Web 2.0 as combining technological progressivism and determinism into an ongoing discourse, framing the whole book.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update: Celebrity, Publicity,…, 22
• XREF: connects to: Web 2.0 succeeded by reviving techno-utopian ideals while promising new wealth — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update: Celebrity, Publicity,…, 150; Web 2.0 operates as an imagined community promising democratized creativity and wealth — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update: Celebrity, Publicity,…, 24; Web 2.0 ideology framed information sharing as the bedrock of social and political revolution. — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update: Celebrity, Publicity,…, 52 (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• Web 2.0 succeeded by reviving techno-utopian ideals while promising new wealth #responds-to (0.85) — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update, 150
• Web 2.0 operates as an imagined community promising democratized creativity and wealth #expands (0.85) — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update, 24
• Web 2.0 ideology fuses Silicon Valley capitalism with countercultural activism while embracing capitalism #expands (0.85) — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update, 55
• Web 2.0 ideology framed information sharing as the bedrock of social and political revolution. #expands (0.80) — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update, 52
• Web 2.0 was a label for the present web, not a future vision #contradicts (0.75) — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update, 872