Its time I guess for my periodic plug... There has been a lot of discussion on the nature of "community" (rural and otherwise) in the context of Internet communications on the Community Informatics list that I host. Archives and sign up can be accessed through http://www.vcn.bc.ca/lists/communityinformatics . Also, you might want to be in touch with Ken Pigg <PiggK@missouri.edu> of the Rural Sociology Department in the University of Missouri, Columbia who has given and undertaken a great deal of thought and research on these issues. Mike Gurstein Michael Gurstein, Ph.D. (Visiting) Professor: School of Management New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, NJ -----Original Message----- From: air-l-admin@aoir.org [mailto:air-l-admin@aoir.org]On Behalf Of Mary L. Gray Sent: March 18, 2002 12:24 AM To: AIR List Subject: [Air-l] rurality and CMC hello folks, as long as i've been posting up a storm (for me anyhow), i thought i might ask if anyone's been thinking about or knows work on rethinking U.S. non-urban or rural spaces in relation to CMC? how has the notion of rurality been affected by access and lack of access to the Net? are people in rural sociology or other disciplines thinking about rurality differently because of these technologies? i'm guessing there's some pile of literature out there i just haven't run across yet (but, it's right under my nose, yes?) any thoughts/cites would be much appreciated. best, marygray ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mary L. Gray <mlgray@ucsd.edu> Department of Communication University of California, San Diego mail: PO Box 4004, Louisville, KY 40204 http://weber.ucsd.edu/~mgray ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ _______________________________________________ Air-l mailing list Air-l@aoir.org http://www.aoir.org/mailman/listinfo/air-l