FYI Barry Wellman _______________________________________________________________________ S.D. Clark Professor of Sociology, FRSC NetLab Director Department of Sociology University of Toronto 725 Spadina Avenue, Room 388 Toronto Canada M5S 2J4 http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman fax:+1-416-978-3963 Updating history: http://chass.utoronto.ca/oldnew/cybertimes.php _______________________________________________________________________ ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2008 13:52:42 -0400 From: Jung-ran Park <Jung-ran.Park@cis.drexel.edu> To: undisclosed-recipients: ; Subject: Invitation--Interpersonal Relations and Social Patterns in Communication Technologies: Discourse Norms, Language Structures and Cultural Variables Dear Colleague, I am sending you this invitation because of what my research reveals about your expertise in the areas of social interactions in computer mediated communication. As an editor, I'd like to cordially invite you to submit a proposal for a book entitled Interpersonal Relations and Social Patterns in Communication Technologies: Discourse Norms, Language Structures and Cultural Variables. The book will aim, through an interdisciplinary perspective, to explore three fundamental components of CMC: language, interpersonal relations/communication and information technology. It will also aim to provide relevant theoretical frameworks and the latest empirical research findings in the area. It also aims to address the impact of interpersonal discourse in the building of online communities and in the design of interaction systems and social technology. I hope this would be of interest to you. It would be wonderful to have your proposal. I'm attaching a call for chapter proposal onto this message. Best wishes, Jung-ran Dr. Jung-ran Park Assistant Professor The iSchool at Drexel College of Information Science and Technology Drexel University Email: jung-ran.park@cis.drexel.edu Phone: 215-895-1669 Fax: 215-895-2494 Homepage: http://www.cis.drexel.edu/faculty/jpark/index.html