%0 Book Section %B Communities in Cyberspace %D 1999 %T Hierarchy and power: social control in cyberspace %A Reid, E %X This wide-ranging introductory text looks at the virtual community of cyberspace and analyses its relationship to real communities lived out in today's societies. Issues such as race, gender, power, economics and ethics in cyberspace are grouped under four main sections and discussed by leading experts: * identity * social order and control * community structure and dynamics * collective action. This topical new book displays how the idea of community is being challenged and rewritten by the increasing power and range of cyberspace. As new societies and relationships are formed in this virtual landscape, we now have to consider the potential consequences this may have on our own community and societies. Clearly and concisely writtenwith a wide range of international examples, this edited volume is an essential introduction to the sociology of the internet. It will appeal to students and professionals, and to those concerned about the changing relationships between information technology and a society which is fast becoming divided between those on-line and those not. %B Communities in Cyberspace %I Routledge %C London & New York %P 107-133 %G English %U http://books.google.com/books?id=210IkjyN8gEC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false %1 M. A. Smith & P. Kollock %0 Book Section %B Cybersociety %D 1995 %T Virtual worlds: culture and imagination %A Reid, E %X The culture of computer and network- mediated communication is growing both in size and sophistication. Cyberspace is the new frontier where new worlds, meanings and values are developed. CyberSociety focuses on the construction, maintenance and mediation of community in electronic networks and computer-mediated communication. Leading scholars representing the range of disciplines involved in the study of cyberculture lay out the definitions, boundaries and approaches to the field, as they focus on the social relations that computer-mediated communication engenders. %B Cybersociety %I Sage %C Thousand Oaks, CA %P 164-183 %G English %U http://books.google.com/books/about/CyberSociety.html?id=jPlSAAAAMAAJ %1 S. Jones