Dear colleague: we would like to announce the newest issue (Vol. 2) of the International Journal of Internet Science that appeared in December: http://ijis.net/ The current issue features five original research contributions in the field of Internet science, and one book review. The specific areas covered by the articles are gender and the Internet, virtual teams, the Internet and political participation, web surveys, and web-mail mixed-mode surveys. In addition, Mark Griffiths reviews the Oxford Handbook of Internet Psychology (2007). International Journal of Internet Science Volume 2, Issue 1 (2007) Ulf-Dietrich Reips & Uwe Matzat: Web 2.0, Internet 2.1? (Editorial) Articles Ursula Szillis & Dagmar Stahlberg: The Face-ism Effect in the Internet: Differences in Facial Prominence of Women and Men Marion Wittchen, Daniel Schlereth & Guido Hertel: Social Indispensability in Spite of Temporal and Spatial Separation: Motivation Gains in a Sequential Task During Anonymous Cooperation on the Internet Eulàlia Puig-i-Abril & Hernando Rojas: Being Early on the Curve: Online Practices and Expressive Political Participation Sabina B. Gesell, Maxwell Drain, Paul A. Clark & Michael P. Sullivan: Test of a Web and Paper Employee Satisfaction Survey: Comparison of Respondents and Non-Respondents Tse-Hua Shih & Xitao Fan: Response Rates and Mode Preferences in Web-Mail Mixed-Mode Surveys: A Meta-Analysis Book Review Mark D. Griffiths: Internet Psychology, a Very Personal Reflection: The Oxford Handbook of Internet Psychology Please find the issue at http://ijis.net Scope The International Journal of Internet Science (IJIS) provides an interdisciplinary outlet for high quality research articles on the Internet as a medium of research and on the social implications of the Internet. IJIS is a peer reviewed open access journal for empirical findings, methodology, and theory of social and behavioral science concerning the Internet and its implications for individuals, social groups, organizations, and society. Submission of manuscripts Manuscripts that are to be published in the International Journal of Internet Science (IJIS) need to be original research contributions. They have to be formatted according to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA Style Guide, 5th edition). Please visit http://ijis.net and click on "Submit Article" for the online submission of manuscripts. All manuscripts that are eligible for publication will be peer-reviewed within a few weeks. Editors Ulf-Dietrich Reips (University of Zurich, Switzerland) Uwe Matzat (Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands) Editorial Board Michael Birnbaum (California State University at Fullerton, USA) Tom Buchanan (Westminster University, UK) Don Dillman (Washington State University, USA) Frank Faulbaum (University Duisburg-Essen, Germany) Adam Joinson (University of Bath, UK) Chris Snijders (Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands) Barry Wellman (University of Toronto, Canada) Kind regards, Ulf-Dietrich Reips / Uwe Matzat International Journal of Internet Science http://ijis.net