information (continued)

machines, 86

market, xiii

overload, xxxv, 151, 179, 295, 300, 331–332

pollution, 142

Informing Ourselves to Death,, 297

infrastructure, xxxiii, 2–3, 6, 8, 14–18, 22, 24, 26, 29–30, 34–35, 47, 54, 73, 105, 133, 165, 229, 238, 243, 253, 260, 279, 299–300, 337, 339, 341–343, 351, 355–357, 359, 361–365, 372

innovation, xix, xxvi, xxx, 1–3, 8, 11–12, 21, 31, 41, 45, 94, 114, 119, 197, 201, 205, 240, 251, 306, 324, 337, 338–340, 347, 349, 354, 359, 368–369, 375–376

IM. See instant message

instant message (IM), 127, 196, 198, 225, 228

intellectual property, xiii, 7, 96, 129, 339, 367

intelligent agents, xxxi, xxxiv, 77–79, 83, 79, 86–87, 89–91, 95, 98–101, 103, 106, 108–110, 112, 115, 117, 119–121, 123–124

interactive (interactivity), 61, 168, 202, 208, 214–215, 221–222, 235

intercultural

communication (cross-cultural communication), 53, 55, 247, 347

understanding, 58, 74

interface, xxxii, 51, 69–70, 80, 104, 206, 240, 270, 306–307

Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 124

Internet

access and accessibility to information and people, xxx, 2–3, 5, 7–10, 11–18, 21–27, 29, 32–34, 37–48, 57, 66–67, 82, 89, 98, 102, 131, 134, 137–140, 145–147, 156–174, 178–183, 187, 192, 212–213, 216, 218, 222, 235, 237–239, 241, 243, 245–253, 255, 257, 259–261, 264, 270–273, 277, 281, 283–291, 306–311, 313–314, 316, 319, 322–323, 326–327, 332–335, 337–338, 342, 346–348, 350–354, 356–358, 361–362, 364, 366–371, 390, 398

addiction, xi, xxvii, xxxii, 189–192, 194–200, 206–208, 211–225, 227–236

adoption of Internet and technology, xxiii, xxvi, 5, 29–30, 42, 85, 119, 135, 282, 309

architecture, xii, xxxi, 6, 11, 247, 343, 347, 360

attacks on, 21, 101, 298–300, 303

evolution of Internet, xxv, 6, 18, 98–99

Internet carriers, 4, 18, 37

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), 54, 204, 340, 348

Internet Governance Forum, 12, 250, 348

Internet protocol (IP), 2, 43–44, 54, 129, 135, 246, 250

IRC. See Internet Relay Chat

Internet Relay Chat (IRC), 208, 341