CP102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Cognitive Surplus, Web 2.0, Data Mining
Document Summary
Social networking: a means by which people use the internet to communicate and share information among their immediate friends, and meet and connect with others. Crisis mapping tool: a tool that collects fi from e-mails, text messages, blog posts, and. Twitter tweets and maps them, making the information instantly publicly available. Digital divide: the gap between the levels of internet access and the availability of technical tools in different regions of the world. Qr (quick response) codes: a technology that lets any piece of print in the real world host a live link to online information and video content. Crowdsourcing: the phenomenon of consumers checking in with the voice of the crowd before making purchases. Crowdfunding: asking for small donations from a large number of people, often using the. Internet; a style of generating capital to start a business through social media. Collaborative consumption: sharing products rather than owning them individually.
