Introduction¶
‘Web 2.0’ is a pretty fuzzy and controversial term, but still one which describes the change in the internet that was going on around 2003/2004. Already existing tools were increasingly used for “Content syndication” and “many to many broadcasting”.
created content (author) >< content syndication (reader)
making news (any media type) available on any communication device with internet access
Open Firefox web browser (several tabs). Which websites are you visiting frequently (news, videos, information, auctions)? – everyone shows a site → Look for the RSS symbol
example sites for ‘Web 2.0’
www.wikipedia.org select your language
youtube
yahoo
myspace
facebook
We use such facilities as well: we.riseup.net and delicious.com
media:
www.bbc.co.uk
www.indymedia.org
globalvoicesonline.org
List of social networking websites
Many people are so enthusiastic about the possiblities to share information and media, that they put their created content under the Creative commons license, instead of copyright, which makes it usable for everyone.
What online accounts (yahoo, msn…) do you already have? search for RSS services
Really Simple Syndication – RSS¶
also ‘Rich Site Summary’
about RSS
based on XML – Extensible Markup Language, similar to HTML. difference: just describes structure (not layout)
XML, RDF, RSS, Atom, … glossary
RSS document: web feed, news feed, feed
text tutorial: Introduction to RSS
RSS for total newbies
- works with all media types: text, image, audio, video and many technical internet standards (RFC)
- content of RSS feed
title
link
description
language
image (title, url, link / width-height, description)
item (title, link, description)
… and it’s possible to extend, depending on the RSS type
RSS Reader¶
software programm: News Aggregator, Feed Reader, Client
web-based RSS reader: www.bloglines.com :: newsgator.com :: netvibes.com :: reader.google.com
desktop-based RSS reader or client: e.g. Liferea – consider a personal account on linux
security
Create your personal news magazine
after the course:
tutorial 1 about RSS, web-based feed readers, clients, adding a feed
tutorial 2
You can also receive a web feed, which bring you audio or video (Podcast) e.g. ourmedia.org
Weblog – Blog – software and hosts¶
What is a Blog? difference between websites and blogs
You want to create a blog? – checklist
What is your intention? make a list of similar blogs
Which media type you want to use? beside text entries (pics, videos.. → prepare media for the web)
web-based
- www.soup.io (dt, engl)
- www.livejournal.com (dt, engl, esp, Русский, u.v.a.
- wordpress.com – features engl dt esp port/port(brazil) fran ital bahasa (indonesia) holl sven turk languages
- www.blog.de (dt, Berlin, engl, frz, span)
- www.bloglines.com (English • 繁體中文 • Français • Deutsch • * 日本語 • Português • Español • Nederlands • Italiano)
- www.myblog.de dt engl span frz nl 1MB free
- twoday.net (dt)
- blogster.de
- www.blogsport.de (dt)
- blogger.com by google
Consider limited webspace: combine with flickr.com | myvideo | videoportals list 1 und list 2 etc.
desktop-based (consider to create your own user account on a linux machine)
b2evolution, Battle Blog, Blogger, dasBlog, DotClear, FlatPress, Geeklog, Jlog, LifeType, Loudblog, Movable Type, NucleusCMS, Pivot, PSG, Serendipity, typo, Wheatblog, WikyBlog, Wordpress
compare them all features and languages (via webmatrix)
developer-hosted services
legacy&privacy copyright issues , see blogging consequences
expandable: e.g. Design more templates
miscellaneous¶
Search engines for weblogs
online course: Blogs, Wikis, New Media for Learning of Utah State University, Spring 2006
Press and Media¶
- Freie Software, freies Afrika? Soenke Zehle 10.02.2009 in Telepolis. german.
- Blogging, Development, and Africa (audio file)
- Rising Voices, an outreach initiative of Global Voices, aims to help bring new voices from new communities and speaking new languages to the global conversation by providing resources and funding to local groups reaching out to underrepresented communities.
