i would suggest any books edited by steve jones, especially CyberSociety: Computer-Mediated Communication & Community (1995). Virtual Culture: Identity and Communication in Cybersociety (1997). CyberSociety 2.0: Revisiting CMC and Community (Ed.) (1998). i would second fred's suggestion of The Cybercultures Reader (edited by David Bell and Barbara M. Kennedy). i would also second Race in Cyberspace (edited by Beth Kolko, Lisa Nakamura and Gil Rodman) and add Wired Women: Gender and New Realities in Cyberspace (edited by Lynn Cherny and Elizabeth Reba Weise, 1996) which although it's a bit inconsistent still had a monumental role in getting issues of gender and feminism into the mix. and i would add Reading Digital Culture (edited by David Trend, 2001). and finally, although i haven't read it yet, The New Media Reader (edited by Noah Wardrip-Fruin and Nick Montfort, 2003) is getting a lot of attention recently, especially within English/literature circles. david