Thanks to all who responded to my request for sociology of the internet-type books. I know I can't be the only one whose students complain when their readings are older than a couple of years! In the past I've used _The Internet in Everyday Life_ (ed by Wellman and Haythornthwaite) and _Computer-Mediated Communication_ (by Barnes). Both of them are good, but now won't work for me as I've completely revamped my course. I currently use a reading pack. Here are the books that were recommended: Cardoso, Gustavo, The Media in the Network Society: Browsing, News,Filters and Citizenship, Lisboa, Portugal. CIES – Centre for Research andStudies in Sociology, 2006. Fuchs, Christian (2008). Internet and Society. Social Theory in the Information Age. New York: Routledge. Routledge Research in Information Technology and Society Series Number 8. ISBN 0415961327 Laura Lengel, Crispin Thurlow, Alice Tomic (2004). Computer Mediated Communication. Sage. The Polity Digital Media series of books here: http://www.polity.co.uk/searchres.asp?subj=SI06&Main_Subject=SI06&site=1 Bell, D., Ed. (2007). Cyberculture theorists: Castells and Haraway. London, Routledge. If anyone has other suggestions, please let me know. Cheers, Karen ____________________________________ Dr Karen Farquharson Senior Lecturer in Sociology Academic Leader, Social and Policy Studies Co-Editor, International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Society http://www.swin.edu.au/ijets Faculty of Life and Social Sciences Swinburne University of Technology 1 John St. Hawthorn, VIC 3122 Australia ph: +61-(0)3-9214-5889 email: kfarquharson@swin.edu.au ----- Swinburne University of Technology CRICOS Provider Code: 00111D NOTICE This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and intended only for the use of the addressee. They may contain information that is privileged or protected by copyright. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, distribution, printing, copying or use is strictly prohibited. The University does not warrant that this e-mail and any attachments are secure and there is also a risk that it may be corrupted in transmission. It is your responsibility to check any attachments for viruses or defects before opening them. If you have received this transmission in error, please contact us on +61 3 9214 8000 and delete it immediately from your system. We do not accept liability in connection with computer virus, data corruption, delay, interruption, unauthorised access or unauthorised amendment. Please consider the environment before printing this email.