An addition to the previous version of this email: Taylor and Francis has kindly agreed to give CITASA members a month of free electronic access to the iCS/CITASA special issue. If you have paid your CITASA membership for the year, you should have already received an email from T&F with an electronic voucher and instructions on how to access the special issue. T&F has also agreed to expand the discount CITASA members receive on the price of a personal subscription. iCS recently increased from 6 to 8 issues per year, the new CITASA subscription rate for 2008 is $51/year (the full rate is $242/year). A subscription form is available here: http://citasa.org/files/iCS%20Subscription%20CITASA%20Discount%202008.pd f And to top it all off, iCS and T&F have agreed to make an annual donation of $1,000 to support the purchase of drinks at the CITASA ASA reception! Thank you! Dear CITASA Members, Barry Wellman and I are pleased to announce the publication of the 1st annual iCS/CITASA special issue. This special edition of Information, Communication & Society consists of papers presented at the 2007 ASA meeting in New York. Papers accepted at the annual meeting were competitively reviewed, and we received many more quality papers than we had room to publish. These papers represent the top of the top! The special issue of iCS represents a milestone for the section. We have a long term agreement with iCS to publish an annual special edition of works generated by section members. We are also particularly proud of the turnaround we were able to achieve, it has only been ten months since these papers were presented at the ASA annual meeting. I am also pleased to announce that Barry Wellman and Christena Nippert-Eng will edit the 2nd annual issue of iCS/CITASA that will consist of papers presented at the 2008 ASA meeting and the CITASA pre-conference in Boston. Keep your eyes open for a call for submissions, any communications/technology/media related paper accepted at the ASA meetings or for the CITASA pre-conference is eligible to be considered for inclusion in the special issue. If your library does not subscribe to iCS, please request that they do! Keith Hampton CITASA, Chair Information, Communication & Society <http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~content=g794019862~db=all> , Volume 11 <http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title%7Econtent=t713699183%7Edb=all%7E tab=issueslist%7Ebranches=11#v11> Issue 4 (2008) Sociology of ICTs EDITORIAL COMMENT <http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content%7Econtent=a793950887%7Edb=all% 7Eorder=page> Sociology and ICTs Authors: Keith N. Hampton; Barry Wellman THE TARGETS OF ONLINE PROTEST <http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content%7Econtent=a793968431%7Edb=all% 7Eorder=page> State and private targets of four online protest tactics Authors: Jennifer Earl; Katrina Kimport CHANGING PATTERNS OF NEWS CONSUMPTION AND PARTICIPATION <http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content%7Econtent=a793952934%7Edb=all% 7Eorder=page> News recommendation engines Author: Emily Thorson PERSONAL NETWORKS AND THE PERSONAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM <http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content%7Econtent=a793967631%7Edb=all% 7Eorder=page> Using multiple media to connect Author: Jeffrey Boase THE ASSOCIATION AMONG GENDER, COMPUTER USE AND ONLINE HEALTH SEARCHING, AND MENTAL HEALTH <http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content%7Econtent=a794012932%7Edb=all% 7Eorder=page> Authors: Patricia Drentea; Melinda Goldner; Shelia Cotten; Timothy Hale 'I'M THERE, BUT I MIGHT NOT WANT TO TALK TO YOU' <http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content%7Econtent=a794001949%7Edb=all% 7Eorder=page> Authors: Anabel Quan-Haase; Jessica L. Collins GROOMING, GOSSIP, FACEBOOK AND MYSPACE <http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content%7Econtent=a793946330%7Edb=all% 7Eorder=page> What can we learn about these sites from those who won't assimilate? Author: Zeynep Tufekci COPRESENCE AS 'BEING WITH' <http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content%7Econtent=a794014544%7Edb=all% 7Eorder=page> Social contact in online public domains Authors: Shanyang Zhao; David Elesh _______________________________________________ CITASA mailing list CITASA@citasa.org http://citasa.org/mailman/listinfo/citasa_citasa.org