1. When did the Internet reach the novelty (development), entrepreneurial, and mass medium stages?

2. How does the WWW work? Why is it significant in the development of the Internet?

3. How does media convergence distinguish a different phase in mass media history?

4. Who are the major players vying for control of the Internet?

5. What are the key challenges in making the Internet more democratic?

6. What was yoru first encounter with the Internet like? How did it compare with your first encounters with other mass media?

7. What possibilities of the Internet's future are you most excited about? Why? What possibilities are most troubling? Why?