1. Why do you think that Professor Wesch gave this title to the video?
This video is about Web 2.0 and how it is changing the way people communicate. The web as we know it today was not always like this. The web, in its original design, was devoted to a read only audience. Web pages were set up by format and structured to be displayed only. The old Web 1.0 was the machine we used to find information on the internet. It was a one way street.
Today we use digital text on the web. There is still structure, but there is also content that can be added in or taken out. The title, Web 2.0. . . The Machine is Us/Using Us, means that people who use the web are not just taking information. They are able to add to it as well. Web 2.0 is a place to search, read, post, construct, and share information. People are sharing work, ideas, feelings, discoveries, and their knowledge about everything. They are giving responses, providing collaborative feedback, and adding to an ever growing network. We are the resource. We are the builders and the creators of information that others can search for. Together, we are the machine.
