Effect of Web 2.0 on journalism

'Haiti hit by an earthquake' - the horrible news that broke on me first thing in the morning. My computer screen was teeming with live updates, images, video, fundraising campaigns Live from Haiti. The earthquake of Haiti has launched a wave of sympathy, information and support through social media like Facebook, Skype, Flickr, YouTube and Twitter (and real-time too) No press, no radio, no TV - just pure technology and media related to me a social catastrophe in some other corner of the world. With conventional communications either damaged or down, social media, connected via mobile or satellite systems took the game.

So what's so 'different' and 'unusual' about getting information and updates in real time from the internet and social media? Not the same thing will happen during the tsunami in the Indian Ocean and the elections in Iran? Yes, in fact the same has happened and on that note, I realized that we all started to make updates to the internet and social media and news for granted. I still remember the days when television and newspapers used to be the only way we know what is happening around the world and that all income - anything that can help, even if I had a strong opinion or information. This shift from traditional journalism to technology generated 'new wave of journalism' has changed the way news is delivered and lost forever. A quiet but radical change has taken place - welcome to Journalism 2.0.

The technology that I mentioned is popularly called 'Web 2.0', a term widely used, which describes the 'second version' of the World Wide Web Web 2.0 is not an application or a specific technology, but it explains a significant change to ' internal Information Technology to 'user-generated content'. It can be well described as a movement of people-oriented technology in which the user is king. From the microblogging site Twitter and care for the group of online reference source Wikipedia to the social networking site Facebook, and even the giant search engine Google, each active participation of demand and social interaction. Users can not only information of 'recovered', but also contribute, edit and share information.

The Web 2.0 revolution has given the traditional journalism, a huge shock. As more and more people are going 'online' to get the news, the roots of traditional journalism are weakening. Major news channels like CNN have also a special section for user generated content. Journalists have started tweeting, website development and writing blog, why not? Journalism 2.0 is the future and need to keep up .......