Science News May 4 has a good summary story about published research to date about whether the Internet builds/diminishes community. The story will get updated next Fall, when Wellman & Haythornthwaite's edited (20 original articles) _The Internet in Everyday Life_ gets published by Blackwells. We'd hope to present to give AOIR conference attendees a preview of our key NetLab findings at Maastricht but the refereeing gods decreed otherwise. Yup, Banned at Maastricht! (we may put that on the cover) -- and without an explanation. However, you can now get an advance peek at the drafts of these chapters on my website. Barry ___________________________________________________________________ Barry Wellman Professor of Sociology NetLab Director wellman@chass.utoronto.ca http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman Centre for Urban & Community Studies University of Toronto 455 Spadina Avenue Toronto Canada M5S 2G8 fax:+1-416-978-7162 ___________________________________________________________________