Apologies for any cross posting 1st Call for Papers: Deviance on the Internet: New Challenges for Social Science Special Issue of Social Science Computer Review: Fall 2004 This special issue of Social Science Computer Review will bring together a collection of high quality academic work that extends, refines and challenges our understanding of 'deviant' behaviour on the Internet. Across the globe, there are increasing legislative, technological and surveillance efforts - all seemingly aimed at deviant (and sometime benign) Internet use. Not only does the Internet pose novel challenges in affording new forms of 'deviance' that need to be understood, but it also poses a unique opportunity for social scientists to influence policy aimed at such 'deviance'. This special issue will bring together papers that investigate specific cases of 'deviant' behavior, as well as theoretical work that discusses the notion of deviance as applied to the Internet, policy and legal implications and methodologies. Papers from a broad range of social science perspectives are encouraged. Submissions can be in the form of full papers (maximum 20 printed pages) or in the form of short papers (5 printed pages). Post-graduate students are particularly encouraged to submit early work in the form of short papers. Indicative Themes Self and identity The law and internet deviance Hacking Panopticon Behavioral and social regulation and the Internet Censorship, control and privacy Paedophiles and the Internet The pathology of leisure Groups, social identity and deviant behavior Government initiatives and deviance online Pro-anorexia sites Pathological gambling Deception Disinhibition Internet Addiction / pathological Internet use Sexual Behavior Socially deviant communication including libel and slander The social construction of Internet deviance Methodologies for studying deviant Internet behavior Policy implications For any questions, please e-mail A.N.Joinson@open.ac.uk Key dates: Submission of papers: 1st October 2003 Review feedback: December 2003 Submission of final papers: 15th February 2004 Publication in SSCORE: November 2004. Submission procedure: Send an electronic copy of the paper, along with a cover letter in the body of the e-mail, to Adam Joinson (A.N.Joinson@open.ac.uk). Subject line: SSCORE submission. Word, StarOffice 6.0 / OpenOffice.org or AppleWorks format acceptable. All figures must also be supplied in original file format (eg. .jpg, .eps, .tif, .png, etc.). Double spaced. Full papers: 20 printed pages Short papers: 5 printed pages More information on this call for papers is available at: http://iet.open.ac.uk/pp/a.n.joinson/SSCORE.htm