In a couple months the section will publish the 2nd annual CITASA/iCS special issue. This special journal issue with Information, Communication and Society<http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/rics> contains a collection of some of the top papers presented at the ASA annual meeting in the area of sociology of communication and information technologies (the call for next year's issue will be coming soon). Routledge has kindly offered to give all CITASA members three months free access to the special issue. A voucher will be emailed to all paid members. Now is the time to renew your CITASA membership! Renew by May 15 to ensure you receive free access to the special issue. **Student ASA members get a free CITASA membership** How to join: -Free CITASA student memberships (for ASA student members), send name(s) and ASA ID to: membership@citasa.org<mailto:membership@citasa.org> -ASA members, membership in CITASA is only $10. Or, join both the ASA and CITASA: http://www.asanet.org/cs/root/leftnav/join_or_renew/join Note: Sponsor a new ASA member<http://www.asanet.org/page.ww?name=Member-Get-a-Member+Campaign&section=Members> and get $10 of next year's ASA dues, and you will also be entered into a draw for an Amazon Kindle 2. By joining the American Sociological Association's section on Communication and Information Technologies you are supporting the field. Your membership increases the number of sessions allocated to CITASA at the annual meeting, supports the CITASA-ASA reception, makes possible future pre-conferences and pre-conference mentoring sessions for graduate students, and allows us to maintain a section website and email list. In addition, there are some benefits only available to members, such as an 80% discount on an individual subscription to the journal Information, Communication and Society (iCS), and free access to the CITASA/iCS special issue. The section also publishes an annual special issue of iCS that consists of papers presented at the ASA annual meeting in the area of communications, IT, and media studies. Help us build the section and the field! And be sure you receive access to this year's CITASA/iCS special issue. Keith Hampton, CITASA Chair