Web 2.0 applications in online newspapers: A content analysis

Abstract

Checklist and data sheet were used to collect data on web 2.0 applications used in one hundred top-ranked online English language newspapers. Analysis shows that blogs, RSS and social networking sites (Facebook and Twitter) are the most prevalent Web 2.0 applications in the newspapers. Upper right side of the homepages of the newspapers is the most preferred location of the Web 2.0 applications.