[Air-l] chat research

Hi everybody, a student of mine in interested in research on Chat environments for teenagers. He is particularily interested in social and psychological issues. One of his general questions is "Can chat communities replace lack of communication within families?" or "Is there a difference between users of rural aereas and cities?" Since this is not my field of expertise I was hoping you could help me to assist him with some advice regarding online and offline literature on this topic Thank you very much. Thomas ----------------------------------------- Thomas N. Burg Head of the Center for New Media Danube University Krems http://randgaenge.net http://wiki.randgaenge.net http://blogtalk.net http://www.donau-uni.ac.at/znm