Hi All, I missed the replies as well (and would love to see them), but in case these were missed, here are a few suggestions: Dan Schiller, _Digital Capitalism_, especially the first two chapters Nick Dyer-Witheford, _CyberMarx_ Bob McChesney's internet chapter in _Rich Media, Poor Democracy_ Robins and Webster _Times of the Technoculture_ some oldie but goodies: Aronowitz and DiFazio, _The Jobless Future_ Brook and Boal _resisting the Virutal Life_ Gandy _The Panoptic Sort_ Mosco and Wasco _The Political Economy of Information_ and a newbie but goody: Michelle Rodino, currently a grad student here, will soon defend her very interesting dissertation on mobile computing technologies and the digital economy. for "raw material" for lectures and such, I read the business press and Wired. --- I may have made this point onlist before, but for all the studies of cybersex, you'd think someone would do a real study of the political economy of the internet porn industry, especially given that it's apparently one of the few ways to make money online. The only thing I know is an Annalee Newitz piece on the wholesale/retail economics of it in _Punk Planet_ a few years back. Even Eric Schlosser's new book only touches upon it. Best, --J