The 2011 AP Stylebook recommends "Internet" and "Web" ("World Wide Web" in antiquated and not included in the Stylebook). The rationale is that these are proper names of entities, rather than generic technologies; Web becomes lower case in "website," a generic technology. ----------------------------- Amara D. Angelica Editor, KurzweilAI News kurzweilai.net -----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Jonathan Sterne, Dr. Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2011 2:51 AM To: <air-l@listserv.aoir.org> Subject: Re: [Air-L] copyediting question: capitalize www? Hi Everyone, I'm starting to get lots of replies, which I appreciate, and I'm happy to hear more people weigh in, but I'll take the opportunity to explain my thinking on "internet." Early in their histories, most media are capitalized by journalists (eg., "Telegraph" or "Phonograph") but this usage generally falls away after some time. I am one of those people who believe that the internet is best thought of as one more of a series of communication technologies that are important in our lives (indeed one of the arguments of the book I'm copyediting effectively de-exceptionalizes the internet). Since I don't capitalize "phonograph" or "television" or "satellite", it seems strange to capitalize "internet" which is not really a new medium anymore. OTOH, if there is another Really Good Reason to capitalize "internet," I would love to hear it. Best, --Jonathan On 2011-11-01, at 5:46 AM, Sue Malta wrote: As part of the team that publishes the "International Journal of Emerging Techologies and Society" (iJETS), I would ALWAYS opt for a capital for Internet and the World Wide Web.... Cheers Sue Malta P ............................................... Sue Malta Editor / Managing Editor International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Society (iJETS) Swinburne University of Technology John Street, Hawthorn, VIC 3122 Email: ijets@swin.edu.au<mailto:ijets@swin.edu.au> Or: smalta@groupwise.swin.edu.au<mailto:smalta@groupwise.swin.edu.au> www.swin.edu.au/ijets<http://www.swin.edu.au/ijets>
"Jonathan Sterne, Dr." <jonathan.sterne@mcgill.ca<mailto:jonathan.sterne@mcgill.ca>> 01/11/11 8:32 PM >>> Hi Everyone,
Please excuse any repetition if this has been answered recently. I know that people are coming around to not capitalizing the word "internet" (this is my preference too). But what about "world wide web"? Best, --J _______________________________________________ The Air-L@listserv.aoir.org<mailto:Air-L@listserv.aoir.org> mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/ _______________________________________________ The Air-L@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/