Web 2.0 is a term that is often used to describe the ”user-based” web and all that it consists of; blogs, social media (Facebook, twitter, flickr etc.), wikis, open source and so on. It is the continuation and developement of Web 1.0 and the Internet, which in its old form to a great extent was based on information and the user as a consumer. Web 1.0 is sometime refered to as the "Read Web" whereas Web 2.0 is called the "Read/Write Web". In Web 2.0, the user is both consumer and producer - a “prosumer”.
It is constructed by social networks like twitter and facebook. Users share, interact and collaborate and is therefore as important as the platform itself. This can be compared with Web 1.0 were the vast majority of the users simply consumed the content. Web 2.0 is also a concept and an idea that describes how people through interaction and use of different technologies creates culture and meaning in cyberspace – in a place without borders and physical materia. The image above depicts the continuation of Web 2.0 - namely the semantic web, which is more interconnected with the user, and the border between human and technology is blurred,
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