Abstract
e-Democracy and e-participation are based upon the technologies which underpin the Internet and the World Wide Web. In this chapter, we introduce those in sufficient detail to support the discussion in later chapters. We emphasize the evolution of the Internet. Currently there is considerable hype of Web 2.0 and the forthcoming Web 3.0, as if there has been some radical change since Web 1.0 which is still ongoing. But the Web is coming of age, that is all.
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This is not to suggest that the technological basis of usenet is the same as that of web-forums and other social networking sites; just that there are similarities in functionality as visible to the user.
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Note that although we only give one or two examples of each Web 2.0 site or application, there are 100s of others offering similar functionality.
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Google publicity: www.google.com visited 22/10/10.
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With some obvious exceptions such as sites aimed at reuniting old school and college friends, e.g. www.friendsreunited.org.
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French, S. (2010). The Internet and the Web. In: Rios Insua, D., French, S. (eds) e-Democracy . Advances in Group Decision and Negotiation, vol 5. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9045-4_9
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