Foreword
The Web is everywhere, reaching into the homes of everybody with a computer and a phone line. More and more of us have our computers on all the time, continuously receiving and sending messages and email, frequently looking for information, for pictures, for music.
I do most of my Christmas and birthday shopping online; most of our gifts for weddings and graduations are purchased online and shipped—gift-wrapped—directly to the recipients.
Rumors spread like wildfire on the Web. Sentimental stories (we call them "web weepers") are passed along, jerking tears whether they're true or not. Financial scams, ads for body enhancements, and political fund-raisers pump through the system.
Real news comes from volunteer reporters (bloggers, ...
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