Theorising web 3.0 : ICTs in a changing society

Kreps, DGP; Kimppa, K

Abstract

Purpose:
In this Editorial introduction the broad phases of web development – the read-only Web 1.0, the read-write Web 2.0, and the collaborative and Internet of Things Web 3.0 – are examined for the theoretical lenses through which they have been understood and critiqued.


Design/Methodology/Approach:
This is a conceptual piece, in the tradition of drawing on theorising from outside the Information Systems field, to shed light on developments in ICTs.

Findings:
Along with a summary of approaches to Webs 1.0 and 2.0, the Editors contend that a more complex and post-structuralist theoretical approach to the notion of, and the phenomenon of Web 3.0, offers a more interesting and appropriate theoretical grounding for understanding its particularities.

Value:
The discussion presages five further papers engaged with ICTs in a changing society, each of which similarly addresses novel theoretical understandings.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Sep 22, 2015
• Publication Date: Nov 2, 2015
• Deposit Date: Sep 28, 2015
• Publicly Available Date: Sep 27, 2017
• Journal: Information Technology and People
• Print ISSN: 0959-3845
• Publisher: Emerald
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 28
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 726-741
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/ITP-09-2015-0223
• Keywords: Information systems, Web 2.0 theory, Web 3.0 theory
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ITP-09-2015-0223
• Related Public URLs: http://www.emeraldinsight.com/loi/itp
• Additional Information: Additional Information : This is the Editorial written by the Guest Editors of the Special Issue on ICTs and a Changing Society