Association of Internet Researchers

*An international academic association dedicated to the advancement of the cross-disciplinary field of Internet studies that provides resources and support networks promoting critical and scholarly Internet research independent from traditional disciplines and existing across academic borders, last updated 01/01

Bibliography and Bookmarks: E-Journals

*Compilation concerning all forms of distance learning created and maintained by Susan Herzog, California Lutheran University, last updated 11/00

CMC Bibliography

*Bibliography by Rajiv Shah last updated 01/99

The Communication Institute for Online Scholarship

*Updated regularly, this site provides access to thousands of files in the resource library as well as dozens of scholarly conferences enrolling over 4,000 professionals and students

*Also available is the online journals index database indexing more than 36,500 bibliographic references from 78 communication journals and an electronic white pages for more than 5,000 professionals and students in the communications field

Index of Human-Computer Interaction Material on the Web

*   Compilation by J. deGraaff last updated 11/00

Media and Communications Studies Site

*A British-based gateway to resources useful in the academic study of media and communication, last updated 04/01

*Developed by Dr Daniel Chandler, lecturer in Media Theory at the Department of Education in the University of Wales, Aberystwyth (UWA).

NETCOMTALK

*Boston University's multimedia publication updated continuously

ProjectHInformation (at Key Centre of Design Computing), University of Sydney

*ProjectH Bibliography

*Technical Report: ProjectH Overview: A QuantitativeStudy of Computer-Mediated Communication

*Biographies of ProjectH/ers

*Papers by ProjectH'ers

Sunsite Communications Archives

*Links to research papers, newspaper articles, and other writings available from the Communications, VR, 3D and related archives; it is no longer updated

Superbrain - CMC, Stockholm University

*Maintained by Jacob Palme and last updated 04/00, the Department of Computer and Systems Sciences, Stockholm University

*Explores the science of how computer networks can make people cooperate

Virtual Society Project - Sony Sponsored Project

*The Virtual Society Project is an umbrella for a set of research projects within Sony CSL. The overall goal of the Virtual Society project is to investigate how the future online community will evolve

*Provides a comprehensive list of other sites that contain information on related work

 

Links To Computer Mediated Communication Special Topics

CMC Resources for Educators

*Part of an on-going research project into Synchronous Computer Mediated Communication (CMC) and its relevance to Education. Much of the resources are concentrated on MOOs and other Text Based VR, last updated 10/00

Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR)

*   Website maintained by Julie Albright and last updated 11/00

*   Devoted to issues such as Internet filters, encryption, digital signatures, PICS, ethics, NII, and privacy

Cybercultures

*Issues surrounding cyberspaces. Sponsored by the Harvard Law School. Computer-Mediated Communication Magazine On-line magazine that deals with cyberspace-age.

Electronic Commerce Research Laboratory (eLab)  

*Marketing and CMC bibliography by Donna L. Hoffman and Thomas P. Novak, Vanderbilt University, last updated in 2000

GVU Center’s WWW User Surveys

*   Since 1994, the GVU WWW User Survey has accumulated a unique store of historical and up-to-date information on the growth and trends in Internet usage, Web demographics, culture, user attitudes, usage patterns and commercial uses of the Web (including advertising, electronic commerce, intranet Web usage, and business-to-business transactions), last updated 10/98

The Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) Group

*An interdisciplinary research group at Cornell University is investigating social, psychological, and design issues surrounding the use of computers at school, work and home, last updated 2001

Hypertext and Hypermedia: An Overview

*This site, edited by Brown University, explores the idea of hypertextuality, a nonlinear form of communication that can most clearly be seen in practice on the World Wide Web

*Scholarly articles on the subject are provided, last updated 11/00

Hypertext and Hypermedia: A Selected Bibliography

*   Bibliography by Terry Harpold last updated in 1996

Information Communication and Society

*An international journal devoted to the publication of high quality empirical research and theoretical works that include analysis of the emerging properties of the Information Age in a multi-disciplinary and transcultural perspective

*Publishes material that explores the up-to-date development of information and communication technologies which emphasize the social, political and economic factors shaping their development and diffusion, and their implications for social, economic, governmental and cultural change

*Last updated in Spring 2001      

The Information Society (TIS) Journal

*Published since 1981, this international journal is a key critical forum for leading edge analysis of the impacts, policies, system concepts, and methodologies related to information technologies and changes in society and culture

*Some of the key information technologies include computers and telecommunications; the sites of social change include homelife, workplaces, schools, communities and diverse organizations, as well as new social forms in cyberspace

Interacting With Computers

*The interdisciplinary journal of Human-Computer Interaction, last updated 04/01

Internationational Journal of Electronic Commerce

*A refereed quarterly journal devoted to advancing the understanding and practice of electronic commerce using an integrated view of the field by presenting a multidisciplinary approach, last updated in Spring 2001

International E-Mail Tandem Network

*Covers the topic of language learning on the internet and CMC, last updated in 2000

The Interpersonal Computing and Technology Journal

*An electronic journal focused on CMC and the pedagogical issues surrounding the use of computers and technology in educational settings, last published 12/99

Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks

*An electronic journal dedicated to the interchange among researchers and practitioners in the field of asynchronous learning networks

*Published by Vanderbilt University, last updated 09/00

Journal of Electronic Commerce Research

*A quarterly peer-reviewed journal providing an international forum for researchers and professionals to share their knowledge and report new advances on all topics related to electronic commerce theories and applications, last updated 02/01

Measuring Internet Audiences  

*Reading list compiled by Margaret McLaughlin and last updated in the fall of 2000

*Focuses on state-of-the-art approaches to understanding Internet audiences, including survey, experimental, ethnographic, and content analytic methods

*Topics include Internet demographics, tracking user activity, usability studies, social network analysis, and online advertising/marketing

The MIT Research Program on Communications Policy

*Website dedicated to studying technical, economic, and policy challenges to open interfaces for scalable digital systems and broadband networks

*Facilitates cross-industry, cross-government agency, and cross-academic discipline dialogue on such issues

*Disseminates the results of these activities, last updated 12/99

NetFuture: Technology and Human Responsibility

*A newsletter that seeks to examine the ethics of how we shape technology and are shaped by it, last updated 04/01

*Also provides links to other sites concerned with ethics and computer-mediated communication

Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography

*Bibliography compiled by Charles W. Bailey, Jr., last updated 4/01

*Presents selected articles, books, electronic documents, and other sources that are useful in understanding scholarly electronic publishing efforts on the Internet and other networks

Women and Computing

*University of Maryland Women's Studies' online collection of articles and research relating to computing and gender issues in women's studies, last updated 01/01

 

 


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