After studying this chapter, you will be able to:

• Explain how Internet technology developed.
   
• Identify the three levels of communication on the Internet.
   
• Describe three defining components of the World Wide Web and the nine principles on which it is based.
   
• Describe five characteristics of social media.
   
• Explain how legacy media are reacting to the growth of new online media.
   
• Describe the four elements of the hacker ethic and how they apply to the contemporary Internet.
   
• Discuss conflicts over content, intellectual property, and privacy on the Web.