This book analyzes a new phenomenon in civilization: the transformation of the current ""Information Wave"" into virtual civilization. In the 21st century, the ""real-space"" of the world civilization, due to the massive, network-intensive use of computers world-wide, gained the virtual space known as cyberspace. Cyberspace is a product of information technology exemplified by the Internet as the world system of information highway(s) [INFOSTRADA(S)]...