Via if:Book, the current issue of First Monday takes a critical look at Web 2.0. The table of contents:
Preface: Critical Perspectives on Web 2.0 by Michael Zimmer
Market Ideology and the Myths of Web 2.0 by Trebor Scholz
Web 2.0: An argument against convergence by Matthew Allen
Interactivity is Evil! A critical investigation of Web 2.0 by Kylie Jarrett
Loser Generated Content: From Participation to Exploitation by Søren Mørk Petersen
The Externalities of Search 2.0: The Emerging Privacy Threats when the Drive for the Perfect Search Engine meets Web 2.0 Michael Zimmer
Online Social Networking as Participatory Surveillance by Anders Albrechtslund
History, Hype, and Hope: An Afterward by David Silver