Conference: Association of Internet Research Internet Research 4.0: Broadening the Band http://www.ecommons.net/aoir/ Call for proposals for a panel on the Internet and MMORPGs Send submissions and queries to Donald Snyder by Tuesday March 4th at dsnyder@otal.umd.edu The call for papers for this year's Association of Internet Researchers conference emphasizes the important ways that digital communications networks affect how people relate to and communicate with each other. Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games (MMORPGs) increasingly serve as creative realms for such online communication and interaction. This panel examines several of the key issues related to MMORPGs, with possible topics to include access, the digital divide, participation in and the creation of digital narratives, the formation of communities, and the economics within and surrounding the individual games. Proposals for papers should be in the form an approximately 250-500 word abstract.