Social Networking Websites

Web 2.0 The term Web 2.0 (see also Web 2, social networks, and tagging)

refers to a new generation of internet services geared to emphasize

collaborative information-sharing between thousands of individual online users.

Unlike traditional, static webpages, Web 2.0 services automatically update

pages according to what humans are doing in real time all over the world.

Web 2.0 actually uses the internet to involve online individuals in a

community of activity, rather than leaving them as isolated, individual

producers of single, monolithic websites.

In many Web 2.0 communities, an individual acquires a "profile," which may

include his/her photograph, location, and some taste in literature and

politics. The online community gives the individual information about

his/her friends, geographical community.

Possible Uses: Evangelism through Web 2.0?

Connecting with online communities may be an important means of evangelizing

young persons and urban communities. Online collaboration may also help

your base to become more involved; as individuals share their own photos,

podcasts, liturgies, and blogs with one another, they develop a personal

investment in your organization and its values.

Here are some examples of social networking sites:

This article written byJo Guldi