This is just a dump of my Endnote file,
so it is mostly computer mediated communication but also has other articles
For more bibliographies go to my Directory and click on Bibliographies under Reference.
Last Updated 14 JAN 99

"Economist". (1995, June 17, 1995). Democracy and technology: e-lectioneering (cheaper and easier ways to communicate are changing the political habits of democracies, not always for the better). Economist, 335, 21-3  -  Cheaper and easier methods of communication are changing the political habits of democracies, but not always for the better. The Internet has opened up vast new possibilities: In time, telephone and cable will offer people ways to send and receive torrents of facts and ideas. The belief that technology should provide ordinary people with more of a voice in politics is appealing to the many Americans who are suspicious of a Washington, D.C., "mafia." In addition, it appeals to some on the moderate left who want voters to take a more thoughtful interest in politics. Others, however, have a more pessimistic opinion. In Demosclerosis, Jonathan Rauch contends that the lobbying activities of interest groups, which are already a dangerous impediment to good government, have been made much easier by advances in communication technologies. The writer discusses whether voters can be trusted to take sensible decisions and whether it is voters or interest groups that benefit most from new technologies. Great Britain English Article. Feature article.  -

"Economist". (1996). Arachnophilia (use of BurmaNet on the Internet by junta opposition). Economist, 340(10), 28  -  The Free Burma Coalition, a pressure group campaigning for the downfall of the military junta that rules Myanmar, perhaps more effectively than any overseas political campaign, has harnessed the potential of the World Wide Web and the Internet. "BurmaNet," an electronic mail news service with around 700 subscribers, offers a daily summary of press coverage of Myanmar and a forum for exchanging news, ideas, outrage, and calls for assistance. The campaign's principal successes have been in persuading U.S. companies to stop doing business in Myanmar. However, two immediate goals have eluded the activists: They have not persuaded Congress or the White House to introduce economic sanctions, and they have not brought about the withdrawal of the oil companies that are helping to develop and sell Myanmar's oil reserves. Great Britain English Article. Feature article.  -

Abbott, E. A. (1989). The electronic farmers' marketplace: new technologies and agricultural information. Journal of Communication, 39, 124-36  -  For upscale and younger farmers, videotex and teletext are emerging as a "best source" for relatively perishable or highly volatile information like market prices but otherwise seem to complement rather than replace existing sources of more stable information.  -

Adams, C. J. (1996). "This Is Not Our Fathers' Pornography;" Sex, Lies, and Computers. In C. Ess (Ed.), Philosophical Perspectives on Computer-Mediated Communication (pp. 147-170). Albany: State University of New York  -   -

Adkins, M., & Brashers, D. E. (1995). The Power of Language in Computer-Mediated Groups. Management Communication Quarterly, 8(3), 289-322  -  Language style has a significant impact on impression formation in computer-mediated groups.  Contrasting language styles caused perceptions to be more extreme than if users shared a common language.  -

Adrianson, L., & Hjelmquist, E. (1991). Group Processes in Face-to-Face and Computer-Mediated Communication. Behaviour & Information Technology, 10(4), 281-296  -   -

Agres, C., Edberg, D., & Igbaria, M. (1998). Transformation to Virtual Societies: Forces and Issues. The Information Society, 14, 71-82  -  Conceptual framework for investigating virtual societies.  -

Ahuja, M. K., & Carley, K. M. (1998). Network Structure in Virtual Organizations. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 3(4)  -  Find evidence of a heirarchy and other structures in a virtual organization.  -  http://www.ascusc.org/jcmc/vol3/issue4/ahuja.html.

Allen, T. J., & Hauptman, O. (1987). The Influence of Communication Technologies on Organizational Structure. Communication Research, 14(5), 575-587  -   -

Anderson, J. y. (1996). Not for the Faint of Heart: Contemplations on Usenet. In L. Cherny & E. R. Weise (Eds.), Wired Women, Gender and New Realities in Cyberspace (pp. 126-138). Seattle: Seal Press  -   -

Anderson, T., & Kanuka, H. (1997). On-Line Forums: New Platforms for Professional Development and Group Collaboration. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 3(3)  -  That online forums are less satisfying than face-to-face interaction.  -  http://www.ascusc.org/jcmc/vol3/issue3/anderson.html.

Aycock, A., & Buchignani, N. (1995). The E-Mail Murders: Reflection on "Dead" Letters. In S. G. Jones (Ed.), Cybersociety Computer-Mediated Communication and Community (pp. 184-231). Thousand Oaks: Sage  -   -

Bardini, T., & Horvath, A. T. (1995). The Social Construction of the Personal Computer User. Journal of Communication, 45(3), 40-63  -  Historical, and links and representations in culture of users, thus the personal computer is both a technology and a culture  -

Baym, N. K. (1993). Interpreting Soap Operas and Creating Community: Inside a Computer-Mediated Fan Club. Journal of folklore research., Volume 20,(2-3)  -   -

Baym, N. K. (1995a). The Emergence of Community in Computer-Mediated Communication. In S. G. Jones (Ed.), Cybersociety Computer-Mediated Communication and Community (pp. 138-163). Thousand Oaks: Sage  -   -

Baym, N. K. (1995b). The Performance of Humor in Computer-Mediated Communication. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 1(2)  -   -  http://www.ascusc.org/jcmc/vol1/issue2/baym.html.

Beaubien, M. P. (1996). Playing at Community: Multi-User Dungeons and Social Interaction in Cyberspace. In L. Strate, R. Jacobsen, & S. B. Gibson (Eds.), Communication and Cyberspace (pp. 179-188). Cresskill: Hampton Press, Inc.  -   -

Bechar-Israeli, H. (1995). From <Bonehead> to <cLoNehEAd>: Nicknames, Play, and Identity on Internet Relay Chat. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 1(2)  -   -  http://www.ascusc.org/jcmc/vol1/issue2/bechar.html.

Benkler, Y. (1998). Communications Infrastructure Regulation and the Distribution of Control Over Content. Telecommunications Policy, 22(3), 183-196  -  This article offers an approach to developing descriptive models how law, in technological and organizational context, concentrates or distributes control over production and exchange of information in society.  -

Bikson, T. K., & Eveland, J. D. (1990). The Interplay of Work Group Structures and Computer Support. In J. Galegher, R. E. Kraut, & C. Egido (Eds.), Intellectual Teamwork: Social and Technological Foundations of Cooperative Work (pp. 245-290). Hillsdale: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.  -   -

Bikson, T. K., Eveland, J. D., & Gutek, B. A. (1989). Flexible Interactive Technologies for Multi-Person Tasks:  Current Problems and Future Prospects. In M. H. Olson (Ed.), Technological Support for Work Group Collaboration . Hillsdale: Erlbaum  -   -

Bimber, B. (1996). The Internet and Political Transformation.   -   -  http://alishaw.sscf.ucsb.edu/~survey1/poltran2.htm.

Birkerts, S. (1996). The Electronic Hive: Refuse It. In R. Kling (Ed.), Computerization and Controversy (2 ed., pp. 79-82). San Diego, CA: Academic Press  -   -

Black, J., & Bryant, J. (1998). Introduction to Media Communications. Chicago: Brown & Benchmark -  -

Bolter, J. D. (33-40). The Computer as a Defining Technology. In T. Forester (Ed.), Computers in the Human Context (pp. 33-40). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press  -   -

Borsook, P. (1996). The Memoirs of a Token: An Aging Berkeley Feminist Examines Wired. In L. Cherny & E. R. Weise (Eds.), Wired Women, Gender and New Realities in Cyberspace (pp. 24-41). Seattle: Seal Press  -   -

Brail, S. (1996). The Price of Admission: Harassment and Free Speech in the Wild, Wild West. In L. Cherny & E. R. Weise (Eds.), Wired Women, Gender and New Realities in Cyberspace (pp. 141-168). Seattle: Seal Press  -   -

Braman, S. (1989). Information and socioeconomic class in U.S. constitutional law. Journal of Communication, 39, 163-79  -  The Supreme Court's information policy decisions support socioeconomic class divisions "by providing relatively few protections for media available to those at the bottom of the socioeconomic scale, directly limiting spending in some cases, deferring to labor law, and defining informational rights and responsibilities by profession."  -

Brants, K., Huizenga, M., & Meerten, R. v. (1996). The new canals of Amsterdam: an exercise in local electronic democracy. Media, Culture & Society, 18, 233-47  -  Part of a special section on electronic democracy. In the 1990s, different modes of technology--notably microelectronics, computers, and telecommunications--are converging into information and communication networks. The Internet will most likely be the agent of change of the present generation, with its huge and pervasive global network and with its anarchistic nature. Although the Internet is known for its global reach, its local application and interactivity in particular make it important for electronic democracy. In Europe, the interactivity and political uses of information and communication technology are relatively new. The writers discuss a number of experiments that are taking place in Amsterdam, a city that has one of the most advanced cable networks in the Netherlands and one of the largest in Europe. Great Britain English Article. Feature article.  -

Broersma, M. (1998a, February 9). Is the Net Running out of Room. ZDNet  -   -

Broersma, M. (1998b, February 14). Valentines clog Net arteries. ZDNet  -   -

Bruckman, A. S. (1996). Gender Swapping on the Internet. In P. Ludlow (Ed.), High Noon on the Electronic Frontier  Conceptual Issues in Cyberspace (pp. 317-325). Cambridge: MIT Press  -   -

Brunet, J., & Proulx, S. (1989). Formal versus grass-roots training: women, work, and computers. Journal of Communication, 39, 77-84  -  Although their clienteles and goals differ, both traditional and private courses and an experimental, neighborhood-oriented "popular laboratory" are used by men to advance their careers but by women to catch up and survive economically in a transformed workplace.  -

Burgoon, J. K., & Saine, T. (1978). The Unspoken Dialogue: An Introduction to Nonverbal Communication. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company -  -

Burton, D. F., & , J. (1997). The brave new wired world. Foreign Policy, .(o106, Spring 1997,), 22-37.  -   -

Calabrese, A., & Borchert, M. (1996). Prospects for electronic democracy in the United States: rethinking communication and social policy. Media, Culture & Society, 18, 249-268  -   -

Camp, L. J. (1996). We Are Geeks, and We Are Not Guys: The Systers Mailing List. In L. Cherny & E. R. Weise (Eds.), Wired Women, Gender and New Realities in Cyberspace (pp. 114-125). Seattle: Seal Press  -   -

Carey, J. W. (1975). A Cultural Approach to Communication. Communication, 2, 1-22  -  Discusses the two models of communication: Transmission and Ritual  -

Carey, J. W. (1989). Communication as culture: essays on media and society. Winchester: Unwin Hyman, Inc. -  -

Carley, K. M. (1995). Communication technologies and their effect on cultural homogeneity, consensus, and the diffusion of new ideas. Sociological Perspectives, 38, 547-71  -  Part of a special issue on computer simulations and sociological theory. The writer examines the relationship between communication technologies and the sociocultural landscape, postulating that communication technologies create artificial agents and affect the information-processing capabilities of agents. Constructural theory is modified to account for the variation of agents in these capabilities and, therefore, to account for technology. The constructural model is then used to examine the effect of different communication technologies and sociocultural landscapes on how quickly information diffuses and how long it takes for society to reach cultural homogeneity and consensus. Results suggest that the role of the sociocultural landscape in effecting social change varies as the available communication technologies change. This suggests that simply having a mass-communication technology available is not sufficient to bring about positive social changes. United States English Article. Feature article.  -

Castells, M. (1996). The Rise of the Networked Society. Cambridge: Blackwell -  -

Cerulo, K. A. (1997). Reframing sociological concepts for a brave new (virtual?) world. Sociological Inquiry, 67, 48-58  -  The articles that make up this Sociological Inquiry feature emerged from the 1995 meetings of the American Sociological Association. The authors included in this issue were expressly solicited for a special session on "Technologically Generated Commnunities." The authors were asked to individually provide their own perspectives on the intersection of technology, community, and social action. My essay attempts to crystallize several key changes that the new communication technologies demand of conceptual frames long embraced by sociologists. In particular, the pages that follow propose some necessary adjustments to the ways in which sociologists formulate and apply three key analytic concepts: social interaction, social bonding, and empirical experience.  -

Cherny, L. (1995). The MUD Register: Conversational Modes of Action in a Text-Based Virtual Reality. Unpublished Doctor of Philosophy, Stanford University  -   -

Chidambaram, L., & Bostrom, R. P. (1997a). Group Development (I): A Review and Synthesis of Developmental Models. Group Decision and Negotiation, 6(2), 159-187  -   -

Chidambaram, L., & Bostrom, R. P. (1997b). Group Development (II): Implications for GSS Research and Practice. Group Decision and Negotiation, 6(3), 231-254  -   -

Chilcoat, Y., & DeWine, S. (1985). Teleconferencing and Interpersonal Communication Perception. Journal of Applied Communication Research, 13(1), 14-32  -  testing the degree of social presence for various media  -

Child, J., & Loveridge, R. (1990). Information Technology in European Services -- Towards a Microelectric Future. Oxford: Blackwell -  -

Clerc, S. (1996). Estrogen Brigades and "Big Tits" Threads: Media Fandom Online and Off. In L. Cherny & E. R. Weise (Eds.), Wired Women, Gender and New Realities in Cyberspace (pp. 73-97). Seattle: Seal Press  -   -

Cohen, L. Encountering Mass Culture at the Grassroots:  The experience of chicago workers in the 1920s. American Quarterly, 6-33  -   -

Constant, D., Sproull, L., & Kiesler, S. (1996). The Kindness of Strangers: The Usefulness of Electronic Weak Ties for Technical Advice. Organizational Science, 7(2), 119-135  -   -

Contractor, N. S., & Eisenberg, E. M. (1990). Communication Networks and New Media in Organizations. In J. Fulk & C. W. Steinfield (Eds.), Organizations and Communication Technology (pp. 143-172). Thousand Oaks: Sage  -   -

Cornfield, M., & Arterton, F. C. (1997). "Is This For Real" Democratic Politics and the Internet. In I. f. I. Studies (Ed.), The Internet as Paradigm . Nashville, TN: Institute for Information Studies  -   -

Correll, S. (1995). The Ethnography of an Electronic Bar: The Lesbian Cafe. Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, 24(3), 270-298  -  Lesbian Cafe is affected by real-world bars ans well as the computer as a communication medium.  Community can be created in a different kind of space.  -

Cottrell, J. (1992). I’m a Stranger here Myself: A consideration of women in computing. Paper presented at the The Proceedings of the 1992 ACM SIGUCCS User Services Conference, Cleveland, OH  -   -

Couch, C. J. (1995). Oh, What Web Those Phantoms Spin. Symbolic Interaction, 18(3), 229-245  -   -

Coyle, K. (1996). How Hard Can It Be? In L. Cherny & E. R. Weise (Eds.), Wired Women, Gender and New Realities in Cyberspace (pp. 42-55). Seattle: Seal Press  -   -

Culnan, M. J., & Markus, M. L. (1987). Information Technologies. In F. M. Jablin, L. L. Putnam, K. H. Roberts, & L. W. Porter (Eds.), Handbook of Organizational Communication: An Interdisciplinary Perspective (pp. 420-443). Newbury Park: Sage  -   -

Curtis, P. (1996). MUDding: Social Phenomena in Text-based Virtual Realities. In P. Ludlow (Ed.), High Noon on the Electronic Frontier  Conceptual Issues in Cyberspace (pp. 347-373). Cambridge: MIT Press  -   -

Daft, R. L., & Lengel, R. H. (1984). Information Richness: A New Approach to Managerial Behavior and Organization Design. In B. M. Staw & L. L. Cummings (Eds.), Research in Organizational Behavior (Vol. 6, pp. 191-233). Greenwich: JAI Press  -   -

Daft, R. L., & Lengel, R. H. (1986). Organizational Information Requirements, Media Richness and Structural Design. Management Science, 32(5), 554-571  -   -

Dalaimo, D. M. (1995). The Simulation of Selfhood in Cyberspace. Unpublished Master of Arts, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas  -   -

Danet, B., Ruedenberg-Wright, L., & Rosenbaum-Tamari, Y. (1996). "HMMM...WHERE'S THAT SMOKE COMING FROM?"  Writing, Play and Performance on Internet Relay Chat. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 2(4)  -   -  http://www.ascusc.org/jcmc/vol2/issue4/danet.html.

Davis, D. M. (1995). Illusions and ambiguities in the telemedia environment: an exploration of the transformation of social roles. Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, 39, 517-54  -   -

December, J. (1996). Units of Analysis for Internet Communication. Journal of Communication, 46(1)  -   -

Denzin, N. K. (1995). Information Technologies, Communicative Acts, and the Audience: Couch's Legacy to Communcation Research. Symbolic Interaction, 18(3), 247-268  -   -

Dern, D. (1995). Meeting the Challenges of Business and End-User Communities on the Internet:  What They Want, What They Need, What They're Doing. In B. Kahin & J. Keller (Eds.), Public Access to the Internet (pp. 208-221). Cambridge: The MIT Press  -   -

Dervin, B. (1989). Users as Research Inventions: How Research Categories Perpetuate Inequities. Journal of Communication, 39, 216-232  -  By reifying conceptual systems that set up market-based disparities, we allow the new technologies to do only what the old ones do and blame the user for the failure of the system.  -

Dibbell, J. (1996). A Rape in Cyberspace; or How an Evil Clown, a Haitian Trickster Spirit, Two Wizards, and a Cost of Dozens Turned a Database into a Society. In P. Ludlow (Ed.), High Noon on the Electronic Frontier  Conceptual Issues in Cyberspace (pp. 375-395). Cambridge: MIT Press  -   -

Dickson, E. M., & Bowers, R. (1973). Impact of the Video Telephone. Human Response to Video Telephones, The Video Telephone: Impact of a New Era in Telecommunications . New York: Praeger  -   -

Dickson, E. M., & Bowers, R. (1997). The Video Telephone: Impact of a New Era in Telecommunications. New York: Praeger -  -

DiGiovanna, J. (1996). Losing your voice on the Internet. In P. Ludlow (Ed.), High Noon on the Electronic Frontier  Conceptual Issues in Cyberspace (pp. 444-457). Cambridge: MIT Press  -   -

Dillman, D. A. (1985). The social impacts of information technologies in rural North America. Rural Sociology, 50, 1-26  -   -

Doheny-Farina, S. (1992). Rhetoric, Innovation, Technology: Case Studies in Technology Transfers. Cambridge: MIT Press -  -

Donath, J. S. (1997). Identity and Deception in the Virtual Community. In P. Kollock & M. Smith (Eds.), Communities in Cyberspace . Berkeley: University of California Press  -   -  http://judith.www.media.mit.edu/Judith/Identity/IdentityDeception.html.

Downing, J. D. (1989). Computers for political change: PeaceNet and Public Data Access (peace issues and government information). Journal of Communication, 39, 154-62  -  By "constructing an alternative public realm," two computer communication projects--one devoted to peace issues, the other to making US government information more broadly available--demonstrate the potential of new technology for grass-roots political movements.  -

Dubrovsky, V. J., Kiesler, S., & Sethna, B. N. (1991). The Equalization Phenomenon: Status Effects in Computer- Mediated and Face-to-Face Decision-Making Groups. Human-computer interaction., 6(2), 119  -   -

Dutton, W. H. (1996). Network rules of order: regulating speech in public electronic fora. Media, Culture & Society, 18, 269-90  -  Part of a special section on electronic democracy. A study was conducted to examine the perceived rights and responsibilities of the participants of two electronic communities: the Public Electronic Network in Santa Monica, California, and a bulletin board system at the University of Southern California. Results revealed support for the disinhibiting effect that has been attributed to computer mediated communication systems. However, the political implications of disinhibition were not entirely positive, and they seemed to be dependent on the norms of the community and policies in place to regulate speech on electronic networks. It is concluded that if left unmanaged and unregulated, concerns over disorderly communication and a lack of public accountability appear more convincing than do the advantages of communication that is not as inhibited. Great Britain English Article. Feature article.  -

Dutton, W. H., Rogers, E. M., & Jun, S.-H. (1987). Diffusion and social impacts of personal computers. Communication Research, 14, 219-50  -   -

Dvorak, J. (1994, 13 Sep 1994). DOS is Alive, and Well . . . PC Magazine, 13, 93  -   -

Ebadi, Y. M., & Utterback, J. M. (1984). The Effects of Communication on Technological Innovation. Management Science, 30(5), 572-585  -   -

Ebben, M., & Kramarae, C. (1993). Women and information technologies: Creating a cyberspace of our own. In H. J. Taylor, C. Kramarae, & M. Ebben (Eds.), Women, information technology, and scholarship (pp. 15-27). Urbana: University of Illinois Center for Advanced Study  -   -

Evard, M. (1996). "So Please Stop, Thank You": Girls Online. In L. Cherny & E. R. Weise (Eds.), Wired Women, Gender and New Realities in Cyberspace (pp. 188-204). Seattle: Seal Press  -   -

Fair, J. E. (1993). The Women of South Africa Weep:  Exporations of gender and race in U.S. television news. The Howard Journal of Communications, 4(4), 283-294  -   -

Fanderclai, T. L. (1996). Like Magic, Only Real. In L. Cherny & E. R. Weise (Eds.), Wired Women, Gender and New Realities in Cyberspace (pp. 224-241). Seattle: Seal Press  -   -

Fernback, J., & Thompson, B. (1995). Computer-Mediated Communication and the American Collectivity: The Dimensions of Community Within Cyberspace, International Communication Association . Albuquerque, New Mexico -   -  http://www.well.com/user/hlr/texts/VCcivil.html.

Ferrara, K., Brunner, H., & Whittemore, G. (1991). Interactive Written Discourse an an Emergent Register. Written Communication, 8(1), 8-34  -  That CMC communication is a emergent register or a language variety.  -

Finholt, T., Sproull, L., & Kiesler, S. (1990). Communication and Performance in Ad Hoc Task Groups. In J. Galegher, R. E. Kraut, & C. Egido (Eds.), Intellectual Teamwork -- Social and Technological Foundations of Cooperative Work . Hillsdale: Erlbaum  -   -

Finholt, T., & Sproull, L. S. (1990). Electronic Groups at Work. Organizational Science, 1(1), 41-64  -   -

Finn, J. (1995). Computer-Based Self-Help Groups:  A New Resource to Supplement Support Groups. Social Work with Groups, 18(1), 109-117  -  Pilot project for sexual abuse survivors (a computer based self-help group)  -

Fischer, C. S. (1992). America Calling, A Social History of the Telephone to 1940. Berkeley: University of California Press - Telephone metaphor to ground this analysis, how technology fits into our lives

and how we should study its everyday impact

Telephone has become an anonymous object - part of the everyday environment (p. 259)

“basic social patterns are not easily altered by new technologies, ... they are resilient even to widespread innovations  -

Fischer, C. S. (1997). Technology and community: historical complexities. Sociological Inquiry, 67, 113-18  -  As a comment on speculations that new electronic technologies will revolutionize community, this article points to three lessons drawn from historical studies on earlier technologies such as the telephone: (1) Effects are modest; (2) effects differ from one specific technology to another; and (3) the effects of any one technology can be contradictory  -

Fischer, E., Bristor, J., & Gainer, B. (1996). Creating or Escaping Community: An Exploratory Study of Internet Consumers' Behavior. Advances in consumer research., 178  -   -

Fish, R. S., Kraut, R. E., Root, R. W., & Rice, R. E. (1993). Video as a Technology for Informal Communication. Communications of the ACM, 36(1), 48-61  -   -

Fox, W. S. (1983). Computerized Creation and Diffusion of Folkloric Material. Folklore Forum, 16, 5-20  -   -

Friedman, T. (1995). Making Sense of Software: Computer Games and Interactive Textuality. In S. G. Jones (Ed.), Cybersociety Computer-Mediated Communication and Community (pp. 73-89). Thousand Oaks: Sage  -   -

Fulk, J. (1993). Social Construction of Communication Technology. Academy of Management Journal, 36(5), 921-950  -   -

Fulk, J., Schmitz, J., & Steinfield, C. W. (1990). A Social Influence Model of Technology Use. In J. Fulk & C. W. Steinfield (Eds.), Organizations and Communication Technology (pp. 117-140). Thousand Oaks: Sage  -   -

Fulk, J., Schmitz, J. A., & Schwarz, D. (1992). The dynamics of context-behaviour interactions in computer-mediated communication. In M. Lea (Ed.), Contexts of Computer-Mediated Communication (pp. 7-29). New York: Harvester Wheatsheaf  -   -

Fulk, J., Steinfield, C. W., Schmitz, J., & Power, J. G. (1987). A Social Information Processing Model of Media Use in Organizations. Communication Research, 14, 529-552  -   -

Fuller, M., & Jenkins, H. (1995). Nintendo and New World Travel Writing: A Dialogue. In S. G. Jones (Ed.), Cybersociety Computer-Mediated Communication and Community (pp. 57-72). Thousand Oaks: Sage  -   -

Furlong, M. S. (1989). An electronic community for older adults: the SeniorNet network. Journal of Communication, 39, 145-53  -  From grief counseling to organizing an on-line "seniors march" on health coverage, computers have given older adults a way to participate in contemporary culture while acquiring a new network of emotional peer support.  -

Gallupe, R. B., DeSanctis, G., & Dickson, G. W. (1988). Computer-Based Support for Group Problem-Finding: An Experimental Investigation. MIS Quarterly, 12, 277-296  -  An example of laboratory group decision support system (GDSS) experiment that found that confidence and satisfaction was lower using the GDSS.  -

Gandy, O. H. (1989). The surveillance society: information technology and bureaucratic social control. Journal of Communication, 39, 61-76  -  Advance electronic technologies "dramatically increase the bureaucratic advantage" in the workplace, marketplace, and government by enabling -- and encouraging -- increasingly automatic methods of surveillance of the individual that the US legal system cannot control.  -

Garramone, G. M., Harris, A. C., & Anderson, R. (1986). Uses of Political Computer Boards. Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, 30(3), 325-339  -  Research was conducted to investigate electorate motivations for using political computer bulletin board systems (BBSs) and the satisfactions obtained from use.  Results from a telephone survey of 117 political BBS users indicated that surveillance and curiosity were the most commonly mentioned motivations for political BBS use.  Overall political BBS use was motivated by surveillance, personal identity, and diversion motives.  The BBS was evaluated most highly for satisfying surveillance needs.  -

Garton, L., & Wellman, B. (1995). Social Impacts of Electronic Mail in Organizations: A Review of the Research Literature. Communication Yearbook, 18, 434-453  -   -

Gelder, L. V. (1996). The Strange Case of the Electronic Lover. In R. Kling (Ed.), Computerization and Controversy (2 ed., pp. 533-546). San Diego, CA: Academic Press  -   -

Gibbons, L. J. (1997). No Regulation, Government Regulation, or Self-Regulation: Social Enforcement or Social Contracting for Governance in Cyberspace. Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy, 6, 475  -  3 models for regulating cyberspace, no regulation, government regulation, self-regulation  -

Gilboa, N. g. (1996). Elites, Lamers, Narcs and Whores: Exploring the Computer Underground. In L. Cherny & E. R. Weise (Eds.), Wired Women, Gender and New Realities in Cyberspace (pp. 42-55). Seattle: Seal Press  -   -

Gillespie, A., & Robins, K. (1989). Geographical inequalities: the spatial bias of the new communications technologies. Journal of Communication, 39, 7-18  -  Contrary to popular predictions of their decentralizing impact, digital communications contribute to new and more complex forms of corporate integration, reinforcing center-periphery problems on a global scale.  -

Gillett, S. E., & Kapor, M. (1997). The Self-Governing Internet:  Coordination by Design. In B. Kahin & J. H. Keller (Eds.), Coordinating the Internet (pp. 3-38). Cambridge: MIT Press  -   -

Goverment, U. S. (1998). Global Framework for Electronic Commerce. Available: http://www.ecommerce.gov/danc8.htm  -   -  http://www.ecommerce.gov/danc8.htm.

Greenberger, M., & Puffer, J. C. (1989). Telemedicine: toward better health care for the elderly. Journal of Communication, 39, 137-44  -  A review of experiments using information technology to provide health care suggests that the telephone, coupled with computerized audiotext responses, can provide patients with information, contact, and reassurance.  -

Grundy, F., & Grundy, J. (1996). Women and Computers. Exeter: Intellect -  -

Gumpert, G., & Drucker, S. J. (1992). From the Agora to the Electronic Shopping Mall. Critical Studies in Mass Communication, 9, 186-200  -  Implications of the electronic transformation of the marketplace, like shoping at home  -

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