The title of the video that you were asked to view this week is "Web 2.0 ... The Machine is Us/Using Us." Referencing what you have learned about Web 2.0 through the readings in the Courtney text and through watching the video, why do you think that Professor Wesch gave this title to the video?
I think the video has this title because like Courtney points out the changes in the Web "can be felt in politics, in business markets, and in society in general. New ways of communicating and sharing information over the web are increasingly becoming integrated into everyday life." Because Web 2.0 is about users creating and using data in new ways it is the like the web is us but also using us. Also stated in the Courtney text, "the increased participation and collaboration in the creation of web content and tools is full of potential for libraries and librarians." Librarians are in fact the "original" search engine and therefore able to provide data to users in new ways. These ways are changing drastically, almost daily.
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