For a paper on rural Internet use, Jess Collins and I assert that North American (US/Canada) internet research has predominantly looked at urban pops. I think it's self-evidently true, and certainly the US/Cdn national surveys are sub/urban focused (because thats where the bodies are), BUT does anyone have a citation to research that substantiates this urban focus. One of my toughest critics (my wife) has asked for this. 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 _______________________________________________________________________

Hi all, My book on rural LGBT young people's uses of new media (primarily the net) in the United States comes out Aug 1...just to make the promo obvious: you can buy it on pre-order sale through Amazon CHEAP right now. : ) best, Mary Out in the Country: Youth, Media, and Queer Visibility in Rural America http://amzn.com/0814731937 ______________________ Mary L. Gray Assistant Professor of Communication and Culture Affiliate Faculty of Gender Studies Adjunct Faculty, American Studies and Anthropology Indiana University 800 E. 3rd Street Bloomington, IN 47405 812-855-4379 mLg@indiana.edu www.indiana.edu/~qcentral On Jul 19, 2009, at 7:02 PM, Barry Wellman wrote: > For a paper on rural Internet use, Jess Collins and I assert that > North > American (US/Canada) internet research has predominantly looked at > urban > pops. I think it's self-evidently true, and certainly the US/Cdn > national surveys are sub/urban focused (because thats where the bodies > are), > BUT does anyone have a citation to research that substantiates this > urban > focus. > One of my toughest critics (my wife) has asked for this. > > > 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 > _______________________________________________________________________ > > > > _______________________________________________ > CITASA mailing list > CITASA@list.citasa.org > http://list.citasa.org/mailman/listinfo/citasa_list.citasa.org