Internet studies : the foundations of a transformative field / Perspectives on the Internet and Web as objects of study. The prehistory of the Internet and its traces in the present / Web science / Society on the Web / The Internet as infrastructure / Living in a network society. Network societies and Internet studies / Digital inequality / Sociality through social network sites / The study of online relationships and dating / 10. Games, online and off / Cross-national comparative perspectives from the World Internet Project / Creating and working in a global network economy. New businesses and new business models / Trust in commercial and personal transactions in the digital age / Government and the Internet / Digital transformations of scholarship and knowledge / Studies of the Internet in learning and education / Communication, power, and influence in a convergin media world. Theoretical perspectives in the study of communication and the Internet / Tradition and transformation in online news production and consumption / The Internet in campaigns and elections / The Internet and democracy / Governing and regulating the Internet. Analyzing freedom of expression online / Cultural, legal, technical, and economic perspectives on copyright online / Privacy and surveillance / Digital infrastructures, economies, and public policies / The Internet and development / The emerging field of Internet governance