Will you also be looking at geo specific wikis? Examples: RocWiki.org. a wiki for Rochester, NY or DavisWiki.org, a wiki for Davis, CA. Adam On Dec 17, 2006, at 7:24 PM, Barry Wellman wrote: Dear CITSniks & AoIRians, Noted urban sociologist Sharon Zukin and grad student Valerie Trujillo are studying location-specific blogs -- those that identify/represent themselves as being from a certain place. (My suggested title: "A Blog Grows in Brooklyn"). Can you help them with lit? Their query is below. Please respond to VTrujillo@gc.cuny.edu Barry Wellman _____________________________________________________________________ Barry Wellman S.D. Clark Professor of Sociology NetLab Director Centre for Urban & Community Studies University of Toronto 455 Spadina Avenue Toronto Canada M5S 2G8 fax:+1-416-978-7162 wellman at chass.utoronto.ca http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman for fun: http://chass.utoronto.ca/oldnew/cybertimes.php _____________________________________________________________________