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Cybersociology Magazine was launched on 10 October 1997 as a forum for the cross-disciplinary academic discussion of life online. It ran for approximately two years, until 01 September 1999, and seven web based issues were published:

  • Issue 1: Cybersex and Cyber-Romance
  • Issue 2: Virtual Communities
  • Issue 3: Digital Third Worlds
  • Issue 4: Open Topic
  • Issue 5: Grassroots Political Activism Online (co-edited with Micz Flor)
  • Issue 6: Research Methodology Online
  • Issue 7: Religion Online / Techno-Spiritualism (co-edited with Michel Bauwens)
  • Contributors ranged from established authors with numerous published books to people publishing work for the first time, from tenured university professors to students at both the postgraduate and undergraduate level, from the USA to many countries of Europe to Nigeria.

    Cybersociology Magazine was edited by Robin Hamman who, at the time, had completed his MA in Sociology at the University of Essex and was studying towards his MPhil and later was involved with the Hypermedia Research Centre at the University of Westminster.

    Articles by Robin have appeared in a number of edited book collections, magazines and major newspapers. He's frequently interviewed by print and broadcast journalists from around the world, including The Independent, Miami Times, BBC Radio 2, BBC television and others.

    Robin is now a Senior Community Producer and Senior Broadcast Journalist for the BBC where he is currently heading up the BBC blogs trial, is co-producer for the BBC Manchester Blog and occasionally reports for BBC Five Live's radio programme Pods and Blogs. He blogs at cybersoc.com

    Robin holds a BA in Education (Drake, 1995), MA in Sociology with Distinction (Essex, 1996), MPhil in Communication Studies (Univ of Liverpool, 1999) and a Pg Dip in Law (Hertfordshire, 2006). He is currently (2006-2007) also a visiting non-residential fellow at the Stanford University's Cyberlaw Program. He lives near London, England.

    Cybersociology Magazine has been visited at least half a million times and, potentially, two or three times that since statistics have been tracked only sporadically over the years. The site was originally hosted on Demon Internet but was moved to typepad starting in October 2006.


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    Issue 1: Cybersex and Cyber-Romance (10 Oct. 1997)

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    Researching Cybersex in Online Chat Rooms: the Ethnographic Approach By: Robin Hamman -- Online chat rooms have become the singles pubs of the nineties: a place where young people can go to meet new people, build friendships, find romance, and have safe sex. [Portugese Translation by Luciano Almeida, March 2000] Robin Hamman talks about the use of ethnographic research methodology in researching sex online. This is based on his MA Sociology dissertation, Cyborgasms: Cybersex Amongst Multiple-Selves and Cyborgs in the Narrow Bandwidth Space of AOL Chat Rooms.

    Erving Goffman, Dramaturgy, and On-Line Relationships By: Nikki Sannicolas -- Nikki Sannicolas, a Social and Behavioral Sciences Major at California State University, Monterey Bay has written an excellent paper that uses Goffman's theories of drama and life scripts to take a refreshingly original look at Online Relationships.

    Cyber-Charade By: Cara -- Poetry is often a powerful way for an author to convey their feelings about a subject. Freelance writer Cara has accurately captured the feelings and emotions of cybersex participants in Cyber-Charade , a collection of brilliant poetry about Cybersex.

    New To Cyber Liaisons By: Sue -- Sue, a writer with a physical disability, has written a candid personal account of an email-romance and cybersex . Although it's not written by a social scientist, it provides some wonderful insights into how online romances grow and how online couples can become interested in cybersex.

    Kevin Garber, Radio 702 South Africa, interviews Robin Hamman about Cybersex: Read the Transcript

    Book Review: Sherry Turkle, "Life on the Screen: Identity in the Age of the Internet" Simon and Schuster, 1996 - Review by Jennifer Jannuska , an LL.B. candidate at the Faculty of Law, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Jennifer is presently researching the impact of Internet technologies on copyright.

    This issue of Cybersociology also included site reviews of Sandy Stone and David Silver's Resource Center for CyberCulture Studies.

    Issue 2: Virtual Communities (20 Nov. 1997)

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    Introduction to Virtual Communities Research and Cybersociology Magazine Issue Two By: Robin Hamman. Any sociological study should begin with an investigation of the terms which will be used. In this brief introduction, you will find a useful definition of the term "community", a discussion of what Ray Oldenburg's "Third Place" , and some final notes on virtual community. There are also links to three useful annotated bibliographies of articles and books about virtual communities.

    Seniors and the Internet By: Joyce Philbeck, East Carolina University, Dept. of Sociology. This is the first article I've seen which investigates the use of the Internet by senior citizens and retired persons. Using a complimentary mixture of qualitative and quantitative cybersociological methods, Joyce makes some interesting observations about this seldom studied group of Internet users.

    IRC on AustNet - an example of a virtual community By: Cyberrdewd. This essay takes a brief look at the AustNet (based in Australia) IRC network. Cyberrdewd demonstrates that can indeed be observed in chat rooms. This article concludes with a few informed speculations regarding the future of digital communities.

    QUAKE-ING IN MY BOOTS: >CLAN:COMMUNITY< CONSTRUCTION IN AN ONLINE GAMER POPULATION By. Mary-Anne Breeze. This essay takes us into the bloody world of Quake, an online multi-player game, where we discover a thriving virtual community. Breeze also investigates what happens when members of this virtual community go offline in Wollongong, Australia.

    Special Feature: British Universities offering courses on cyberspace Compiled By: Robin Hamman. After getting a late start (compared to North America) on the study of virtual communities and cyberspace, universities in the United Kingdom are coming on strong with at least 6 offering courses on cyberspace. This feature will be updated if further submissions come in so if you are looking for a place for post-graduate study in the UK starting next year check this spot again. Universities are invited to email Robin with further submissions.

    This issue included reviews to electric minds and High Noon on the Electric Frontier.

    Issue 3: Digital Third Worlds (date unknown)

    [Lost article] Introduction to Digital Third Worlds: By Robin Hamman, Hypermedia Research Centre, University of Westminster (London). What are digital third worlds and where are we likely to find them? Why are digital worlds not connected to the "global" internet? How might we help provide solutions for this inequality of access?

    The Changing Face of Society By: Kirsten Smith. A South African, Smith explores the World Wide Web only to find that it isn't so wor ldwide afterall. A good deal of determination, time, and financial resources are needed if we are to get more disadvantaged people, especially in developing regions, online. But if we don't start creating web sites and information resources that suit their needs and views, there's probably not much point.

    A New Eldorado, or a Ticket to the First World? By: Nelly Lejter. In this article, Nelly Lejter asks if the Internet can be used to stimulate political participation among his fellow Venezuelans. Maybe someday, says Lejter, but not until a number of barriers are overcome by the people. From the seldom heard perspective of the developing world, this article contains some interesting responses to the California Libertarianism of Wired .

    Book Review - Disconnected : Haves and Have-Nots in the Information Age by William C. Wresch. Reviewed by Andy Oram (Email), moderator of the Cyber Rights mailing list for Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility, and an editor at O'Reilly & Associates.

    Site Review: Olu Oguibe, a Nigerian artist and writer now teaching in America, is the author of "Foresaken Geographies: Cyberspace and the New World 'Other'." In this original and interesting paper, originally presented at the 5th International Conference on Cyberspace, Oguibe describes what he means when he uses the term "digital third world". An excellent starting point for the study of the barriers to internet access.

    Issue 4: Open Topic

    Cyberpunks: A Sociological Analysis With Special Interest In The Description Of Their Online Activities, By Markus Wiemker at the University of Aachen RWTH Germany.

    Net Ideologies: From Cyber-liberalism to Cyber-realism, By Francisco Millarch, Former Post-Graduate at the Hypermedia Research Centre, University of Westminster, London. [found link to same article on Spark-Online and have saved a local copy of that page so that it isn't lost again]

    Will the Technobabble Bubble Burst?, By Rachel Collinson, Post-Graduate at the Hypermedia Research C entre, University of Westminster, London.

    What Is A Geek?, by Misuba (Mike Sugarbaker) Mike Sugarbaker works in the Internet industry in Silicon Valley, and publishes Gazebo, the journal of geek culture [Lost but recovered from Mike's page at gibberish.com - have saved a local copy to ensure it's not lost again but please use link to Mike's page]

    Interview with Science Fiction author Bruce Sterling, By Zana Poliakov, of CK- CyberKuhinja, Inc. (Cyber Kitchen) in Belgrade.

    Ken Wilber and Cyberspace, By Michel Bauwens, of Kyberco Cyber-Marketing, Paris.

    Bringing The Net To The Masses: Cybercafes In Latin America, By Dr. Madanmohan Rao. Dr. Rao is a consultant at PlanetAsia, a web publishing and internet firm in Bangalore, India. He edits "IndiaLine" and is on the board of editors for "Electronic Markets" and "On The Internet".

    There are no Last Words Online, By Radhika Gajjala is an assistant professor at Bowling Green State University, Ohio, where she teaches a course titled "Communication, Technoscience and Cyberculture". [Lost but see CyberDiva.org for current work]

    Creative Interaction in Cyberspace: the trAce Online Writing Community, By Sue Thomas, a working novelist and director of the trAce Online Writing Community (Based online and administrated from Nottingham Trent University, England).

    Report: Manchester's Temporary Media Lab --> Revolting, By Micz Flor, editor of CrashMedia and lecturer at the Univer sity of Salford, England.

    Notes from the Exploding Media Symposium, by Robin Hamman, PhD candidate at the Hypermedia Research Centre, University of Westminster and editor of Cybersociology Magazine.

    Book Review: Knowledge Societies: Information Society For Sustainable Development. (Editors) Robin Mansell, Uta Wehn (Oxford Univ. Press, 1998). Reviewed by K.Ravi Srinivas in India.

    Site Review: Portal on Global Digitalization: Review by M.Alan Kazlev, Australia.

    The Hoechst Triangle Forum, an interdisciplinary and intercultural dialogue on global change, is presentng the theme "Opening a Portal to the Future". The first topic the forum has concentrated on is "The Digital Revolution", concerning the global future on the web. (More topics are planned, the next being biotechnology). Different sites have been selected in order to provide a cross-section of views on digitalization, from official mainstream stuff to rather more visionary sites. The reviewed sites are divided into categories. Each category contains a list of links, and with each link there is a paragraph of informative commentary on that site's contents. The layout is crisp and minimalist

    An admirable effort, but for a theme where the focus is on "the interaction between digital technologies and the conditions of the human life in the future", a lot of the material selected is pretty mundane. The only category that really caught my eye was - naturally enough - "Cyberspace, Culture & Visions" And yet, in view of the volatile and ideas-driven nature of the Net I would have preferred more really radical stuff too. Bruce Sterling's web page rates a mention, as does this Cybersoc venue, but the cypherpunks, the transhumanists, and places like Active Worlds do not.

    I suppose if I had to put together a site along this theme I'd keep all the mainstream stuff (which is still valid, don't get me wrong!), but I'd also add a lot of more extreme material as well. There would be one entire section devoted solely to the matter of Internet security (encryption, heackers and crackers, viruses etc); another on virtual commu nities of all sorts; another on underground sites, way out art etc; another to artificial intelligence, software agents and so on; and so on.

    Summing up - a good coverage of the official and respectable side of the Net, with a rather scantier selection of sites that although somewhat heterdox are still acknoweldged by the mainstream. But if you would really like a glimpse of where the future with all it's craziness seems to be heading, you would probably have to seek elsewhere.

    The digital portal is at: http://www.hoechst-forum.uni-muenchen.de/digital/

    Helpb92_m This issue of Cybersociology carried a logo and link to the Help B-92 Campaign. Together, we helped raise money (at least £100) and support to help keep independent radio station B-92 stay online and on-air during the NATO bombardment of Belgrade, Yugoslavia.

    Issue 5: Grassroots Political Activism Online (01 April 1999)

    This issue of Cybersociology Magazine was co-edited with Micz Flor from Crash Media

    Feature Articles

    The High Tech Gift Economy, by Richard Barbrook, PhD. Richard is the co-ordinator and a founding member of the Hypermedia Research Centre at the University of Westminster. He is co-author with Andy Cameron of "The California Ideology", an important critique of West Coast Neo-Liberalism, and has written a number of books including "Media Freedom" (Pluto, 1995). In this piece, excerpted from his forthcoming book "The Holy Fools" (Verso, 1999) Barbrook looks at DIY culture on the internet and other topics.

    Labour@Cyberspace:Problems in Creating a Global Solidarity Culture, by Peter Waterman. Peter is the author of "Globalisation, Social Movements and the New Internationalisms" (1998) and "Labour Worldwide in the Era of Globalisation" (1999). In this article, he expertly discusses the need for, and problems of, creating a global model for labour activism online.

    Internet Against Censorship: by Drazen Pantic, Head of OpenNet, Radio B92's Internet department in Belgrade, FR Yugoslavia. Drazen discusses the use of the Internet in the work of independent Serbian radio station, B-92. Includes editor notes on the current situation at B-92 following NATO bombardment and the media crackdown.

    Cyberpower and the Meaning of Online Activism, by Tim Jordan a member of the New Politics Research Group, Department of Sociology, at the University of East London. Tim is the author of "Cyberpower: the culture and politics of cybersp ace and the Internet" co-editor [with A. Lent] of "Storming the Millennium: the new politics of change". In this article, Jordan creates an analysis of three levels of cyberpower: that of the 'individual" the "social' and the 'imaginary'. You'll have to read the article to find out his conclusion...

    A Few Points about Online Activism, by Jon Lebkowsky. Jon was a founding member of the Austin branch of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). He has written a book (not yet published) titled Virtual Bonfire under contract to MIT Press. Jon is currently Interactive Community Director, for WholeFoods.com. In this piece, Jon goes through six points important to online activism, based on his own experiences and observations.

    Punk Science, by Dr. Rachel Armstrong MA BMBCh. Rachel is the author of Sci Fi Aesthetics, television presenter for 'The Frame' on BBC's UK Arena channel, Lecturer at The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL, a multimedia producer and medical doctor specialising in the evolution of humankind through 'unnatural interventions'. She is the author of 'A Gray's Anatomy', a forthcoming fiction book for Serpents Tail. In this article, Dr. Armstrong critically discusses the uncomfortable relationship between science/medicine and art/humanities.

    Cyborg Film Making, by Dr. Rachel Armstrong MA BMBCh (See further details above). In this wide ranging article, Dr. Armstrong discusses the complex boundaries between art, the body, and the crossing of these boundaries by the cyborg.

    The Borg: A critique, by David Gordon, Department of Social Anthropology at the University of St. Andrews, Scotland. In this article, David blends his own field research on sex misrepresentation online with critiques of existing theoretical and methodological research on the cyborg.

    ¿Roam-Antics on the Cyber-Horizon or Home-Wrecking for a New Millennium?, by Judy Hempel (aka Judygod). Judy is a student at Yavapai College in Prescott, Arizona. In this article, Judy writes candidly about the experiences her family has had with falling in love online. First her daughter fell in love online and left home to marry her new partner, despite the reservations of Judy and others. Then, Judy did the same thing herself...

    Admirable Utopian World, by Eduardo Duarte. Eduardo is a PhD student in the program of Social Science in São Paulo (PUC-SP), Brazil. He holds an MA in Anthropology and is an assistant teacher at UFPE. In this contribution, he writes about the consequence of the implantation of telematic systems for Brazilian society.

    LESSONS LEARNED: SOME THOUGHTS ON THE FUTURE OF ON-LINE COMMUNITY NETWORKS, by George Hunka. Among other things, George is Communications Coordinator for The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in New York City. This article provides an excellent overview of the current state of the community networking movement. We can learn a lot from the successes and failures described here.

    Study of Men and Women's Gender Display in Text-based Communication, By: Sema Nicole Seyedi. Sema is a sociology student at the University of California Monterey Bay.This papers is a well researched study of the participation of male and female students using computer mediated communication (CMC) at CSUMB.

    Brave Fight to Save Radio B92, By Robin Hamman. An edited version of this article was originally published in The Independent and later by Mute Magazine.

    Field Reports/Project Reports

    INDONESIA: The Net as a Weapon, By Tedjabayu. Despite over three decades of success at intimidating and censoring the media, the Indonesian government has not yet found a way to stop people using the Internet to express their views.

    Introducing Radio Free Monterey, by Barbara Steinberg . Barbara is the founder of The Web Sociology List, Western Hang Gliders Online, and co-founder of Radio Free Monterey. She also hosts the Writers and Society conference at the trAce Online Writers Community and is a student in the Interactive Telecommunications Program at NYU. In this field report, Steinberg discusses the origins and ideals of a community based web radio station, Radio Free Monterey.

    Online Community Builders Toolkit for Activists, by Robin Hamman. Grassroots political activists can now use the internet to help organise their gro ups. This can be done by adding interactive community building features to a website using free email lists, chat rooms, instant opinion polling, and message boards. This toolkit was pre sented at the Next Five Minutes (n5m) Tactical Media Conference in Amsterdam, 12-14 March 1999.

    Download 5_APCnetworks.html">The Association for Progressive Communications (APC) is the world's most extensive network of Internet providers dedicated to serving non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and citizen activists. Since 1987, APC members have been providing fast, reliable, easy to use communication tools.

    Introducing the Panel Discussion of the Counter-Strategies Corporations Employ Against Campaigns by Eveline Lubbers. This panel discussion took place at the Next Five Minutes Tactical Media Conference in Amsterdam, 12 - 14 March, 1999.

    Computer Aid International: sends second hand PCs to the Third World. Find out how you can help.

    Book Reviews

    Cyberdemocracy: Technology, cities and civic networks Edited by Roza Tsagarousianou, Damian Tambini and Cathy Bryan. Routledge, London 1998. Review by Wessel Janse van Rensburg, Post-Graduate student at the Hypermedia Research Centre, University of Westminster, London.

    Processed Lives. Gender and Technology in Everyday Life. Edited by Jennifer Terry and Melodie Calvert (1997). London- New York: Routledge. Review by Heidi J. Figueroa Sarriera, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Puerto Rico and co-editor of the Cyborg Handbook.

    The Technology of Orgasm: Hysteria, the Vibrator, and Women's Sexual Satisfaction, by Rachel P. Maines. Johns Hopkins UP: Baltimore, 1999. Review by Nathalie Muller, a writer based in Belgium.

    Communities in Cyberspace, Edited by Peter Kollock and Marc Smith. 1999. Review by Matthew Allen (PhD), Internet Studies Coordinator at Curtin University of Technology, Australia.

    Virtual Futures. Cyberotics, Technology and Post-Human Pragmatism. Edited by J. B. Dixon and E. J. Cassidy. Routledge, London and New York, 1998. Review by Adrian Mihalache (MSc,PhD) Professor at the University of Bucharest, Romania.

    Station Rose 1st Decade: 1988-98. 10 years of native multimedia art. Edited by Gary Danner. Includes texts by: Elisa Rose, Gary Danner, F.E.Rakuschan, Timothy Leary,Geert Lovink, Petra Klaus, Bea Stammer/Gabriele Horn, Howard Rheingold, and others. Review by Janko Vook, Public Netbase t0, Vienna.

    Hot Links: Other Webzines of Interest

  • Inserto Autonomo Di Dritica D igitale: Italian Langauge Webzine on Digital Culture --> http://www.apogeonline.com/em
  • Telepolis: German/English Language Webzine covering digital culture, usually with a political twist -- http://www.heise.de/tp/
  • Journal of Computer Mediated Communication (JCMC): English language webzine covering many aspects of CMC --> http://www.ascusc.org/jcmc/
  • CMC Magazine: Now defunct web-journal run by John December --> http://www.december.com/cmc/mag/
  • First Monday: an English langauge peer reviewed media studies journal based in Denmark --> http://firstmonday.dk/
  • Virtual Denizen: a new, USA based peer reviewed international journal on the "Society, Culture and Politics of the Post-Information World" --> http://www.virtualdenizen.org
  • Neural: an independent, Italian lan guage print and online magazine about digital culture --> http://www.pandora.it/neural/
  • Enculturation: An Electric Journal for Rhetorics and Cultural Theories --> http://www.uta.edu/enculturation
  • Zum Thema: a monthly Austrian webzine (in Austrian/English) covering many social aspects of cyberspace --> http://www.zum-thema.com
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    Issue 6: Research Methodology Online (06 Aug. 1999)

    Introduction: Social scientists conducting research online are presented with a number of methodological problems, some of them unique to the medium of exploration. For example, while some argue that entering cyberspace is the equivalent of going "into the field" there are others who who feel that cyberspace is not "real", and therefore is not worthy of study. Many have debated whether conversations held in cyberspace are public or private, and thus whether social scientists have the right to observe and analyse online discussions without the permission of participants. In this issue of Cybersociology, researchers approach the problem of research methodology in cyberspace from a number of directions. Despite the different approach taken by each contributor, the result is always the same in one respect: in cyberspace, we MUST adhere to the ethical and moral principles that guide our research elsewhere. The following articles are our contribution to the continueing debate about research methodology online. (Robin Hamman, August 1999)

    The Digital Ethnographer
    By Bruce Mason & Bella Dicks, Cardiff University, Wales.

    Behaviour in Public? : Ethics in Online Ethnography
    By Allison Cavanagh, University of Manchester, England.

    Virtual Corporeality: Adolescent Girls and Their Bodies in Cyberspace
    By Kerrie Smyres, Hugh D owns School of Human Communication, Arizona State University

    Among the Internauts: Notes from the cyberfield.
    By Nils Zurawski, Institute of Sociology, University of Münster, Germany

    Cyborg Diaspora and Virtual Imagined Community: Studying SAWNET
    By Radhika Gajjala, Bowling Green State University
    [Lost, but author site at cyberdiva.org]

    Cyberspace as Everyday Life
    By Stephen Webb, University of North London
    [Lost]

    Interview with Richard Stallman, Founder of the Free Software Foundation
    By Geert Lovink

    BIG BROTHER IS ON-LINE: Public and Private Security in the Internet
    By Javier Bernal, University of Lincolnshire & Humberside, England.

    The Web of Life in the Life of the Web: The Philippine Internet Experience
    By Benjamin M.Wage, Jr.

    Book Reviews:

    Researching Online for Dummies by Reva Basch. Review by: Paul M. Malone, University of Waterloo, Canada.

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    Issue 7: Religion Online / Techno-Spiritualism (01 Sept. 1999)

    This issue of Cybersociology was guest edited by Michel Bauwens.

    Introduction: Even before Gutenberg (15c.) developed the movable type printing press in order to publish large quantities of the Bible and other religious texts, there was a close relationship between religion and technology. Just as religion has helped many to understand new technologies, technologies have led to new underst andings of religion, and even new forms of religion. In this issue of Cybersociology, guest editor Michel Bauwens has secured some thought provoking contributions from leading theorists working at the interface between religion and cyberspace. Also included in this issue are a number of articles on other topics familiar to regular readers of Cybersociology as well as three book reviews.

    The Spirtual Cyborg, by Erik Davis, a San Franciso-based writer, culture critic, and independent scholar who recently published "TechGnosis: Myth, Magic, and Mysticism in the Age of Information" (Harmony Books, 1998).

    Is Cyberspace a Spiritual Space?, by Margaret Wertheim, is a regular contributor to numerous magazines and is the author of "The Pearly Gates of Cyberspace: A History of Space from Dante to the Internet" and "Pythagoras Trousers"

    Dialogue on the Cyber-Sacred and the Relationship Between Technological and Spiritual Development, by Michel Bauwens and Father Vincent Rossi.

    Techno-Spiritual Quotes, Collected by Jeremy S. Gluck, the founder of Spiritech UK, an association that strongly believes not only the function of technology as a mirror of human consciousness but in the eventual unfolding of an original machine consciousness that will be a partner to humankind.

    Cyberspace: the New Frontier for Religion, by Lin Collette, Brown University, USA.

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    Big Brother is Online, by Javier Bernal, University of Lincolnshire & Humberside (UK).

    Is India on the Brink of a Digital Abyss?, by Venkatesh Hariharan, Knight Science Journalism Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

    Cyborg Selves: examining identity and meaning in a chat room, by Marcus Leaning, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.

    Book Reviews:

    Holding On to Reality:The Nature of Information at the Turn of the Millennium (1999)
    By A lbert Borgmann. Review by: David Rieder, Univ. of Texas: Arlington

    How We Became Posthuman : Virtual Bodies in Cybernetics, Literature, and Informatics (1999)
    By Katherine Hayles. Review by Nathalie Muller

    Cyberville: Clicks, Culture, and the Creation of an Online Town (1998)
    By Stacy Horn. Review by Claire Shearman

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