Does Web 3.0 come after Web 2.0? Deconstructing theoretical assumptions through practice

Barassi, Veronica and Trere, Emiliano ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2496-4571 2012. Does Web 3.0 come after Web 2.0? Deconstructing theoretical assumptions through practice. New Media & Society 14 (8) , pp. 1269-1285. 10.1177/1461444812445878

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Abstract

Current internet research has been influenced by application developers and computer engineers who see the development of the Web as being divided into three different stages: Web 1.0, Web 2.0 and Web 3.0. This article will argue that this understanding – although important when analysing the political economy of the Web – can have serious limitations when applied to everyday contexts and the lived experience of technologies. Drawing from the context of the Italian student movement, we show that the division between Web 1.0, Web 2.0 and Web 3.0 is often deconstructed by activists’ media practices. Therefore, we highlight the importance of developing an approach that – by focusing on practice – draws attention to the interplay between Web platforms rather than their transition. This approach, we believe, is essential to the understanding of the complex relationship between Web developments, human negotiations and everyday social contexts.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Published Online
Status:	Published
Schools:	Journalism, Media and Culture
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
ISSN:	14614448
Funders:	Italian Ministry of Research
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	16 January 2025
Date of Acceptance:	1 December 2011
Last Modified:	17 Jan 2025 09:45
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/175329

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