virtual (continued)

reality (VR), xxv, xxxii, 189–236, 284

virus (viruses), 26, 40, 101, 136, 171, 326, 341, 349

Visa credit card, 365

Vodaphone, 43

voice over Internet protocol (VoIP), 43

VoIP. See voice over Internet protocol

VR. See virtual reality

Vrije University, 13

walled gardens, xxxi, 5–6, 14, 33

Wal-Mart, 135

War of the Worlds,, 205

watchdog (groups and organizations), xxxiii, 88, 133, 135, 335, 342–345, 347, 349, 351, 353–354, 356–357, 360–361, 363–365, 367–371

Wealth of Nations,, 359

Web, 2, 0, 112

Web address, 54

Web browser, xx

Weblog. See blogs

Welsh language, 71

Who Controls the Internet?,, 137–138, 247

Wi-Fi, 13, 25, 28, 41, 43, 250, 376

wiki, 60

Wikipedia, 254, 375

Windows, 40, 101, 133, 341

Wired magazine,, 204, 297

wireless (connections and networks), 2, 9–10, 14–19, 21–24, 27–28, 30–32, 34, 38–41, 43–45, 47–48, 88, 193, 211, 244, 360, 362, 376

wiretap, 98, 148

World Bank, 366

World Cup (soccer), 257

World of Warcraft,, 203–204, 211, 221, 223, 226

World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), 12, 58, 251, 348

worms, 26, 94, 115

WSIS. See World Summit on the Information Society

XML (extensible markup language), 81

Y2K, 111, 114, 298

Yahoo, 56, 137, 184

youthSee also children; juvenile; kids; teens (teenagers), 196–197, 222, 305.

Zapatista movement, 298