genesis of, 19
and Google search engines, 146–47
hyperlinked architecture of, 18–19, 21, 146–47
page content on, 89
surfing, 188–89, 280–82
and tracking technology, 254
ubiquity of, 25
and website design, 220
See also internet
WeChat, 63, 76, 124, 246
Weiswasser, Stephen, 16
Wells, H. G., 292
WhatsApp, 63, 76, 199
whistle-blowers, 261, 263–64
Wikipedia
and artificial intelligence, 39
collaborative efforts of, 135–36
and collective content creation, 143, 269–74, 276
correcting errors in, 104
and Creative Commons licensing, 136
dynamic content in, 102
and editors, 151, 152, 153–54
hybrid model of, 144
interlinking in, 95–96, 98
and nondestructive editing, 206
and screen culture, 93
“wild” information, 258
The Wire (series), 206, 282
Wired magazine, 16–17, 18, 25–26, 148–49, 238
The Wizard of Oz (1939), 203
Wolf, Gary, 238, 250
Wolfram, Stephen, 239
work environments, 217, 222, 232–33, 280
X-Ray vision, 226, 231
Yahoo! 32, 170, 285
Yelp, 139, 266
YouTube
and convergence of internet media, 282
and creative remixing, 196–97, 201
and improbable events, 277
number of users, 143
and sharing economy, 139
and tracking technology, 254
and ubiquity of unlikely events, 277
and user-created content, 21–22, 273
“zillion” term, 264–65, 276
Zip, 62
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