Vanya, Almost any writing by our colleague, Barry Wellman, since 1972 should be included in your research. Sam V.Petkovic@lse.ac.uk wrote: Hi everybody My name is Vanya. I am new here and have really enjoyed all of your discussions thus far. I am a graduate student at the LSE (London School of Economics). I am interested in doing my dissertation on Facebook and the idea of online communities' changing/re-defining social relations. I would like to explore the nature of online/offline relationships. Do any of you know of any published research on this subject or have comments/input/suggestions for me? Your help/direction/advice will greatly be appreciated. Thank you all Vanja Petkovic ________________________________ From: air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org on behalf of Sam Tilden Sent: Tue 10/17/2006 7:45 PM To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Subject: Re: [Air-l] Definitions Robert, I apoligze for a terribly inarticulate question. If the Internet is defined purely as technology then with is the best term to describe that which is not technology. I'm struggle with the concept of space as used in social space, cyberspace, virtual space etc. As scientist we seem to have a responsibility to operationalize the terms we use. Sam Robert Cannon wrote: That you understand the difference between: Content Applications Internet (TCP/IP) Communications Infrastructure --------------------------------- Stay in the know. Pulse on the new Yahoo.com. Check it out. _______________________________________________ The air-l@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/ _______________________________________________ The air-l@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com