In her articles, Bella dePaolo reported on Wang & Wellman (ABS, 5/10). She didn't report on her own research, nor did she claim to. Wellman & Gulia (1998) is well cited but also doesn't report on internet research -- but is an argumentative literature review. Barry Wellman _______________________________________________________________________ S.D. Clark Professor of Sociology, FRSC NetLab Director Department of Sociology 725 Spadina Avenue, Room 388 University of Toronto Toronto Canada M5S 2J4 twitter:barrywellman http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman fax:+1-416-978-3963 Updating history: http://chass.utoronto.ca/oldnew/cybertimes.php _______________________________________________________________________