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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Bibliographic Details
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

Table of Contents:

Introduction
Defining and measuring the participative web and user-created content
Drivers of user-related content
Types of user-created content and distribution platforms
Emerging value chains and business models
Economic and social impacts
Opportunities and challenges for users, business and policy.