ABSTRACT
The World Wide Web offers us unprecedented communicative powers. It enables us to read breaking stories from news sources around the world, track population estimates on a second-by-second basis, and locate medical information on nearly every disease imaginable. In fact, the Web makes possible the instant retrieval of information on virtually any topic we care to explore. It is also revolutionizing our buying habits. We can make online plane and train reservations, and browse through countless virtual stores, purchasing merchandise from our desktops. Our unprecedented access to information and ability to communicate with others is radically transforming many aspects of our daily lives.
