special issue of iCS : Hampton & Wellman

special issue of iCS : Hampton & Wellman

This special edition of Information, Communication & Society (iCS) that I co-edited with Barry Wellman has just been released. The issue consists of papers presented at the 2007 ASA meeting in New York.

Information, Communication & Society, Volume 11 Issue 4 (2008)

Sociology of ICTs

EDITORIAL COMMENT
Sociology and ICTs
Authors: Keith N. Hampton; Barry Wellman

THE TARGETS OF ONLINE PROTEST
State and private targets of four online protest tactics
Authors: Jennifer Earl; Katrina Kimport

CHANGING PATTERNS OF NEWS CONSUMPTION AND PARTICIPATION
News recommendation engines
Author: Emily Thorson

PERSONAL NETWORKS AND THE PERSONAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
Using multiple media to connect
Author: Jeffrey Boase

THE ASSOCIATION AMONG GENDER, COMPUTER USE AND ONLINE HEALTH SEARCHING, AND MENTAL HEALTH
Authors: Patricia Drentea; Melinda Goldner; Shelia Cotten; Timothy Hale

\’I\’M THERE, BUT I MIGHT NOT WANT TO TALK TO YOU\’
Authors: Anabel Quan-Haase; Jessica L. Collins

GROOMING, GOSSIP, FACEBOOK AND MYSPACE
What can we learn about these sites from those who won\’t assimilate?
Author: Zeynep Tufekci

COPRESENCE AS \’BEING WITH\’
Social contact in online public domains
Authors: Shanyang Zhao; David Elesh