Title :
Society Online, Part 2 [Guest editors´ introduction]
Author :
Hendler, J. ; Hall, Wesley
Abstract :
The Web is a critical global infrastructure. Since its emergence in the mid-1990s, it has exploded into hundreds of billions of pages that touch almost all aspects of modern life. Today the jobs of more and more people depend on the Web. Media, banking, and healthcare are being revolutionized by it, and governments are even considering how to run their countries with it.
Keywords :
Internet; banking; global infrastructure; healthcare; society online; Computer security; Internet; Network security; Security; Special issues and sections; Web and internet services; Web services; Web Science Conference; Web science; intelligent systems; society online; spam;
Journal_Title :
Intelligent Systems, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MIS.2011.20
