After looking at propaganda I decided to research into Web 2.0.
Web 2.0 is essentially new web sites and applications that allow and facilitate user participation. This can be in the form of uploading videos and photos, to blogging. Main Web 2.0 services are Social Networking and Media Sharing.
Take a look at two of the largest Web 2.0 sites available at the moment. Facebook has over 800 million active users, 50% of which log on every day. 48 hours of video are uploaded to Youtube every minute (resulting in nearly 8 years worth of content a day!) with over 300 billion Youtube videos viewed every day. Web 2.0 services are popular.
Technically, Web 2.0 isn't a "brand-new internet", it's just a term used to describe the modernisation and technological advancements that are changing the internet.
A few examples of Web 2.0 services, and their Web 1.0 "equivalent" that I thought of are listed below.
Ofoto > Flickr
Britannica Online > Wikipedia
Personal Websites > Blogging
Having friends in real life > Facebook ... (just kidding)
Facebook Stats taken from http://www.facebook.com/press/info.php?statistics
YouTube Stats taken from http://www.youtube.com/t/press_statistics
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