I am pleased to announce this year's CITASA awards. Please join us when the awards are presented at the CITASA Business Meeting on Monday, Aug 4, 1:30-2:10pm (Hilton). Also, help us celebrate with the award recipients at the CITASA reception on Sunday, Aug 3, 6:30-830pm at the Lucky Strike Lanes (145 Ipswich Street - behind Fenway Park). CITASA William F. Ogburn Career Achievement Award recognizes a sustained body of research that has provided an outstanding contribution to the advancement of knowledge in the area of sociology of communications and/or the sociology of information technology. Award Committee: Barry Wellman (Chair), Anabel Quan-Haase 2008 Award: WILLIAM SIMS BAINBRIDGE, NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION. CITASA Award for Public Sociology recognizes a specific achievement in teaching, the development or the use of a communication or information technology, or the dissemination of knowledge that advances public understanding or engagement with the sociology of communications or the sociology of information technology. Award Committee: Marc Smith (Chair), Keith Hampton 2008 Award: MICHAEL MACY, CORNELL UNIVERSITY. CITASA Book Award recognizes an outstanding book related to the sociology communications or the sociology of information technology. Award Committee: Gustavo Mesch (Chair), Mary Chayko, Caroline Haythornthwaite 2008 Award: YOCHAI BENKLER, HARVARD UNIVERSITY THE WEALTH OF NETWORKS: HOW SOCIAL PRODUCTION TRANSFORMS MARKETS AND FREEDOM (2006, YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS). 2008 Award Special Mention: FRED TURNER, STANFORD UNIVERSITY FROM COUNTERCULTURE TO CYBERCULTURE. 2006, CHICAGO UNIVERSITY PRESS. CITASA Paper Award recognizes an outstanding published paper or book chapter related to the sociology of communications or the sociology of information technology. Award Committee: Shanyang Zhao, Christena Nippert-Eng, Alesia Montgomery 2008 Award: PAUL LEONARDI, NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY "ACTIVATING THE INFORMATIONAL CAPABILITIES OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FOR ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE". ORGANIZATION SCIENCE 18(5),PP. 813-831 (2007). CITASA Student Paper/Application Award recognizes a published or unpublished paper/book chapter, or the design or use of a communication or information technology that provides an exceptional contribution to the sociology of communications or the sociology of information technology. Award Committee: Fred Turner (Chair), Laura Robinson, and Tarleton Gillespie. 2008 Awards (tie): STEVEN G. HOFFMAN, NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY "SIMULATION AS A SOCIAL PROCESS IN ORGANIZATIONS". SOCIOLOGY COMPASS 1(2), PP. 613-636 (2007). ALISON POWELL, CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY "WI-FI PUBLICS: PRODUCING COMMUNITY AND TECHNOLOGY". UNPUBLISHED PAPER. On behalf of CITASA Council I would like to extend our congratulations to this year's award recipients. We would also like to express our deep appreciation to the award committee chair's and committee members for all of their hard work. Keith Hampton CITASA, Chair _______________________________________________ CITASA mailing list CITASA@citasa.org http://citasa.org/mailman/listinfo/citasa_citasa.org