Participative Web and user-created content : Web 2.0, wikis and social networking /

Drawing on an expanding array of intelligent web services and applications, a growing number of people are creating, distributing and exploiting user-created content (UCC) and being part of the wider participative web. This study describes the rapid growth of UCC and its increasing role in worldwide...

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Corporate Author:	Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Other Authors:	Vickery, Graham, Wunsch-Vincent, Sacha
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	[Paris] : Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2007.
Subjects:	Web 2.0. User-generated content. Wikis (Computer science) Social media. World Wide Web > Social aspects. World wide web. Wiki sites. Sociale netwerken. Economische aspecten.
Online Access:	http://www.sourceoecd.org/scienceIT/9789264037465 Click here to view publication online

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Summary:	Drawing on an expanding array of intelligent web services and applications, a growing number of people are creating, distributing and exploiting user-created content (UCC) and being part of the wider participative web. This study describes the rapid growth of UCC and its increasing role in worldwide communication, and draws out implications for policy. Questions addressed include: What is user-created content? What are its key drivers, its scope and different forms? What are the new value chains and business models? What are the extent and form of social, cultural and economic opportunities and impacts? What are the associated challenges? Is there a government role, and what form could it take?--Publisher's description.
Physical Description:	124 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. Available both in print and online.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 107-113).
ISBN:	9264037462 (pbk.) 9789264037465 (pbk.)