Dear AoIR-ists, On behalf of my co-editors May Thorseth (NTNU, Trondheim) and Johnny Søraker (Twente), and our contributors, I'm very pleased to announce that our recent special issue of Etikk i praksis (the Nordic Journal of Applied Ethics) on the ethical and social aspects of contemporary communication media (Etiske og sosiale aspekter ved moderne kommunikasjonsmidler), with a specific focus on mobility and ubiquitous computing, is now available online: <http://tapir.pdc.no/index.php?utgave=49422&p=EIP> (Depending on your browser, you may also have to click on the "Etikk i praksis" button on the upper-right to get the Table of Contents to load properly.)

From here, you can either read the articles online or download them as PDF files.

English-readers interested in the ethical, social, and political dimensions of mobile communication will be especially keen to look at: Rich Ling & Rhonda McEwen, Mobile communication and ethics: implications of everyday actions on social order Litska Strikwerda, Information privacy, the right to receive information and (mobile) ICTs In these directions, readers of the Scandinavian languages in play will also be interested in: Anders Albrechtslund, Deltagende overvågning og sociale fællesskaber på nettet [Participatory surveillance and online social networking] Elin Palm, När vården flyttar hem till dig ­ den mobila vårdens etik [When health care moves in ­ the ethics of mobile health care] along with the additional articles and book review (of the recent books by Jaron Lanier and Nicolas Carr). Echoing our recent discussion regarding publication practices, it is worth noting that the publisher of the journal, Tapir Akademisk Forlag, pursues a mixed model: the paper journal comes out first to subscribers, including libraries - followed by the online, open access version a few months later. In any event, our many thanks and congratulations to our contributors, including our AoIR colleagues, whose articles make for rich and insightful reading indeed. cheers and all the best, - charles ess Institut for Informations- og Medievidenskab Helsingforsgade 14 8200 Århus N. Denmark mail: <imvce@hum.au.dk> tel: (+45) 8942 9250 Professor, Philosophy and Religion Drury University, Springfield, Missouri 65802 USA Exemplary persons seek harmony, not sameness. -- Analects 13.23