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Date: Tue, 6 Dec 1994 17:22:21 -0800
From: Phil Agre <pagre@weber.ucsd.edu>
Subject: Communities in Cyberspace



                   CALL FOR CONTRIBUTORS

             VOLUME ON COMMUNITIES IN CYBERSPACE

A volume entitled _COMMUNITIES IN CYBERSPACE_ is being prepared
for publication by the University of California Press.  We are
looking for papers that examine the subject of online interaction
and community.  Papers should focus on existing examples of
online interaction, with particular attention to the collective
organization of groups, the emergence of community, and the
issues, conflicts, and problems that go along with those
developments.

A partial list of suggested topics is included below:

Social Interaction:
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     The dynamics of online interaction
     Comparisons of online interaction with other forms of
       interaction
     Identity, anonymity, cryptography
     The presentation of self
     Sex and gender dynamics in online groups
     Power in online communities
     Synchronous versus asynchronous interaction

Social Organization:
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     Systems of exchange in online groups
     Scarcity, value, and markets in online communities
     Informal social control
     Group solidarity in online communities
     Cooperation and conflict in virtual communities
     Crime and deviance
     Governance in online groups
     Culture and ritual
     Constructing an online community
     Community protest/collective action based on online groups


To be considered for inclusion in this volume, prospective
authors should submit the following:

  1) A 300-500 word abstract describing the substantive focus,
     methodology, and  conclusions of research to be reported in
     the proposed paper

  2) A brief biographical statement (or curriculum vita)
     indicating previous research and/or relevant experience in
     this area

Submissions should be sent via mail, e-mail or fax no latter than
February 1st, 1995 to the volume editors at the address below:

     Peter Kollock and Marc Smith
     UCLA Department of Sociology
     405 Hilgard Ave.
     Los Angeles, California 90024-1551
     USA

     E-mail: kollock@soc.sscnet.ucla.edu
             smithm@nicco.sscnet.ucla.edu
     Fax:    (310) 206-9838

Invited authors will be provided with guidelines for the
preparation of the paper.  The tentative deadline for receipt of
the final manuscripts will be June 1st, 1995, with an anticipated
publication date in the first half of 1996.