7. Beyond Google: How to do research on the Internet It is worth knowing that one of the key changes making this possible is the separation of the content on the web from the way it is displayed at your computer. WEB 2.0 moved the Internet from “push” to “pull” From pre-designed web sites and portals to user-based content; a loosely-coupled system of different Internet applications for the social creation of knowledge.
8. Beyond Google: How to do research on the Internet We have new techologies. We have a shift from consumers to active users participating as curators and creators. We have a new open knowledge culture allowing for open access and creative remix; creative commons is a challence to traditional copy rights allowing for information to be used and distributed in a flexible way. We have new posiblities for networking and creation and sharing of information. WEB 2.0 offers powerful new ways for scholars to publish, interact and for social networking.