Hi, Ronda Hauben and I will be in Finland at the end of May attending a history of technology conference. Finland has played an important role providing innovative uses for the Internet such as IRC and intellectual frames to look at the Internet such as the Information Society. Also, Finland is the birthplace of Linux. In recent literature Finland is often mentioned as sharing with South Korea the distinction of the largest percent of the population connected to the Internet via broadband. Can anyone point me to any research on the impact of Internet use on Finnish society or politics or other aspects particular to Finland? I am especially interested in connections between Internet usage and further democratization of societies. Also, Ronda and I would very much like to meet or correspond with people on the AIR-L list in Finland who share our interests in the Internet, in the democratization process and netizens or in the history of science and technology, so we can learn more about the Finnish contribution to the Internet and to democratic practice. Kiitos Thanks. Best wishes. Jay