FYI Begin forwarded message: > > The MIT Press Information Society Series -- An Interdisciplinary > Series on Technology, Law, and Society > Series Editors, Laura DeNardis and Michael Zimmer > > We are delighted to announce the formation of the MIT Press > Information Society Series – an interdisciplinary series on > technology, law, and society. The Information Society Series will > address the social, legal, and policy implications of the Internet > and new information technologies and will especially feature works > from the growing global ranks of interdisciplinary scholars in > information schools; communications departments; science, > technology, and society programs; and programs in law, technology, > and culture. > > We are now accepting book proposals for the series. Preference > will be given to monographs rather than edited volumes and books > that are interdisciplinary, normative, and global in scope. Book > proposals should include: 1) a prospectus (brief description, > outstanding features and uniqueness of work, audience and market > considerations, status of book, and recommended reviewers); 2) a > detailed table of contents; 3) sample chapters; and 4) the author's > curriculum vitae. Please submit completed proposals to > laura.denardis@yale.edu and zimmerm@uwm.edu. > > Thanks, Laura and Michael > > Laura DeNardis, Ph.D. is the Executive Director of the Yale > Information Society Project and a Lecturer at Yale Law School. > > Michael Zimmer, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor in the School of > Information Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and > an associate at the Center for Information Policy Research.

Sad that MIT Press recognizes the contributions of STS, Communication, Law, technology and culture but sociology is not mentioned. We should protest leaving us out gustavo -- Gustavo S. Mesch, Associate Professor and Chair Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Haifa Chair-elect, Communication and Information Technologies Section American Sociological Association http://soc.haifa.ac.il/~gustavo Quoting "Laura Forlano" <lef45@columbia.edu>: > FYI > > Begin forwarded message: >> >> The MIT Press Information Society Series -- An Interdisciplinary >> Series on Technology, Law, and Society >> Series Editors, Laura DeNardis and Michael Zimmer >> >> We are delighted to announce the formation of the MIT Press >> Information Society Series – an interdisciplinary series on >> technology, law, and society. The Information Society Series will >> address the social, legal, and policy implications of the Internet >> and new information technologies and will especially feature works >> from the growing global ranks of interdisciplinary scholars in >> information schools; communications departments; science, >> technology, and society programs; and programs in law, technology, >> and culture. >> >> We are now accepting book proposals for the series. Preference >> will be given to monographs rather than edited volumes and books >> that are interdisciplinary, normative, and global in scope. Book >> proposals should include: 1) a prospectus (brief description, >> outstanding features and uniqueness of work, audience and market >> considerations, status of book, and recommended reviewers); 2) a >> detailed table of contents; 3) sample chapters; and 4) the author's >> curriculum vitae. Please submit completed proposals to >> laura.denardis@yale.edu and zimmerm@uwm.edu. >> >> Thanks, Laura and Michael >> >> Laura DeNardis, Ph.D. is the Executive Director of the Yale >> Information Society Project and a Lecturer at Yale Law School. >> >> Michael Zimmer, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor in the School of >> Information Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and >> an associate at the Center for Information Policy Research. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.