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Overview of Web 2.0 Tool
History and the Creator of the Web 2.0 Tool
Purpose of the Web 2.0 Tool
What sort of Content Make up the Site?
Uses for this Tool
How is this site a Web 2.0 tool
Similar Sites
What Does Research Say about the Tool?
Positives and Negatives of tool
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Overview of the Web 2.0 Tool
YouTube is a Video
Sharing Website
Allows users to both
view and upload videos
Allows for user
feedback, comments,
etc…
Revolutionary
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History and Creator of the Web 2.0
Tool
Founded February 2005
Created by Three Former
PayPal Employees
Chad Hurley
Steve Chen
Jawed Karim
Sold to Google for 1.65
billion dollars
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Purpose of the Web 2.0 Tool
Main Purpose sharing
Videos
Music
Information
Entertainment
With others
throughout the world
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What sort of Content Make up the
Site?
Contains various
video’s put up mostly
by individuals
Some media
corporations offer
some videos
Corporations such as
BBC,CBS,etc…
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Uses for this Tool
This tool can be used to
share information
Although, primary use
is entertainment
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkOnsIh
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How is this a site a Web 2.0 Tool
Acts as a form of
communication among
all users
Easily accessible
information
Incredibly popular
around world
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Similar Sites
Various Similar Sites
None as popular or easy
to use
http://www.livevideo.co
m/
http://video.google.com/
http://www.ifilm.com
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What Does Research Say about the
Tool?
Research shows how
revolutionary YouTube
is
Some controversial
videos
Incredibly popular
Easily usable
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Positives and Negatives of Tool
Received Flack for
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/most-
various controversial people-are-missing-the-point-about-
videos youtube
Praised for revolutionary http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/15/techno
means of sharing videos logy/15youtube.html
easily among entire world
Criticized for lenient
filter on videos