Dear friends and colleagues, We have received an email from ASA that section members who do not renew their ASA and section membership *by Feb 15* will be removed from the listserv on February 16. Please renew your ASA and section membership *ASAP* so that you will not miss out on important news and resources. The link to renew is on the right side under “Membership” at: http://www.asanet.org/ membership Please also consider gifting section memberships for students and friends. *Gift Memberships* ASA members can gift an ASA membership for students or section memberships for any membership type athttps://asa.enoah.com (Login required). *To purchase a gift ASA membership for students* Once logged into the member portal, please click “Purchase a gift membership for a student” under the *Contribute/Give* heading. Students can be searched by name through the online member database. A new contact record can be created by the member if the student is not found in the database. Your gift will be redeemable by the recipient for a ASA student membership (or a $51 discount on another membership type). Your gift recipient will receive their gift credit via email immediately after your purchase. Gift memberships are not refundable if unredeemed by the end of the 2018 membership year, September 30, 2018. Gift memberships are not tax deductible. The deadline for a 2018 gift ASA* membership* for students is July 31, 2018. *To purchase a gift section membership* Once logged into the member portal, please click “Purchase a gift section membership” under the *Contribute/Give* heading. Select the section and search for your recipient by name. Section membership requires 2018 ASA membership. Only 2018 ASA members who do not already have a membership in that section are eligible to receive a gift. Your recipient will receive an e-mail immediately after your payment notifying them of the section gift. (Your name will be included in this message). If the recipient declines the gift within 30 days of receipt, you will receive a refund by mail. Gifts are not tax deductible. The deadline for a 2018 gift *section* membership additions is July 31, 2018 . Cheers, *Wenhong 文泓* Wenhong Chen Associate Professor of Media Studies and Sociology University of Texas at Austin * Chair, Communication, Information Technologies, and Media Sociology section American Sociological Association* T: 512-471-4952 F: 512-471-4077 wenhong.chen@austin.utexas.edu http://utexas.academia.edu/wenhongchen New edited book: Networked China http://www.routledge.com/9781138840027/ Office hour signup http://bit.ly/1xpHy1c 1 University Station A0800, CMA 5.142 University of Texas at Austin 2504 Whitis Ave Stop A0800 Austin, TX 78712-1067