FWIW: I recently put up my PowerPoint slides for a talk before the Humanities Education Research Group at the Open University (Milton Keynes, UK) at the end of March. <http://www.drury.edu/ess/herg/CATaC-CC.htm> These provide an overview of what the research presented at and affiliated with the various conferences on "Cultural Attitudes towards Technology and Communication" - including the articles published in the most recent issue of Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication - suggest in a comprehensive way regarding the interactions of national culture and identity with CMC technologies. One slide, in particular, while something of an oversimplification, helps make the point: as one moves from a U.S. (indeed, middle-to-upper-middle class white male) center through the national cultures/identities of Europe / the Middle East / Asia / and indigenous peoples - there is increasing contrast and conflict between the cultural values and communicative preferences embedded and fostered by contemporary CMC technologies and those of the "target" cultures. Perhaps this overview and some of the individual research reports (full bibliography at the end of the slides) will be of interest and some value. Good luck! And please consider CATaC'04 as a venue in which to present your own results. Cheers and all best wishes, Charles Ess Distinguished Research Professor, Interdisciplinary Studies Drury University 900 N. Benton Ave. Voice: 417-873-7230 Springfield, MO 65802 USA FAX: 417-873-7435 Home page: http://www.drury.edu/ess/ess.html Co-chair, CATaC: http://www.it.murdoch.edu.au/catac/ Exemplary persons seek harmony, not sameness. -- Analects 13.23