Web 2.0

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Who is Michael Wesch? Michael Wesch is an Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology at Kansas State Univesity. Michael Wesch has been exploring the effects of new media on society and culture. After two years studying the implications of writing on a remote indigenous culture in the rain forest of Papua New Guinea, he has turned his attention to the effects of social media and digital technology on global society.

What is he famous for? Michael Wesch created a short video, " Web 2.0...The Machine is Us/ing Us". Released on Youtube on January 31 2007, it quickly became the most popular video in the blogosphere and was viewed over 10 million times. To be exzact 11,491,361.

He was one of the pioneers of Web 2.0, exploring the effects of new mdeia on society and culture. he evetually turned to the effects of social media and digital technology on global society. His videos on culture, technology, education, and information has not only been viewed by millions, but tranlated in over 15 languages!

3) What IS Web 2.0?
4) How has it impacted on how we relate to others?
5) Why is this significant for media studies?
6) How has Web2.0 impacted on a media institution or media form of your choice?
7) What does it hold for us in the future?