Contents: Power and Meanings of the Internet as a Communication System – Traditional Media and the Rise of Digital Communication Technologies – The Past - The Development and Evolution of Digital Technologies – The Future - Predicting the Future of the Digital Revolution – Can or Should a Purpose Be Attributed to Digital Technologies Such as the Internet? – Business of the Internet: Marketing – Internet as a Knowledge and Information Generating System – Social Networking Sites – Connecting on the Internet: Pornography and Dating – Transcending Space, Time, and Class: Video Sharing, Video Gaming, and Praying Online – The Pragmatics of Communication - The Internet as a Coherent and Complete Societal System – The Internet and United States Politics – Privacy, Transparency, and the Internet in America – International, Corporate, and Radical Politics – The Future of the Internet and Web Reconsidered: Back to the Future With Tim Berners-Lee.