Long abstract

OECD study: Participative web: user created content

The concept of the ‘participative web’ postulates an Internet increasingly influenced by intelligent, web services based on new technologies that empower the user to be an increasing contributor to developing, rating, collaborating and distributing Internet content and customising Internet applications. This study describes the rapid growth of UCC and its increasingly important role in worldwide communication and draws out implications for policy.

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