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General Considerations on the Internet and ICTs

Lloyd Morrisett: "Habits of Mind and a New Technological Freedom" First Monday.

Inga Treitler: "E-Mail for Democracy? A Comforting Image: A Commentary on Morrisett's Habit of of Mind and a New Technological Freedom", First Monday.

Phil Agre: "The Internet and Public Discourse", First Monday.

ICANN's Global Elections: "On the Internet, for the Internet".

Various sources: "Facts and Statistics on the Internet".

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ICTs, Political Parties & Government

Patricia Fusco: "(US) Parties Launch Portals", Internetnews.com.

Michael Bociurkiw: "Singapore Connects the Cord: E-government Comes to the City-State", MSNBC.

Neville Keary: "The Challenge of Openness as European Union Information goes Electronic", First Monday.

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ICTs & Elections

Brock N. Meeks: "New survey shows most U.S. citizens want more e-government," MSNBC.

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Digital Divide Research

Pippa Norris: "Digital Divide", Chapters 1-5.

Pippa Norris: "A Virtuous Circle: Political Communications in Post-Industrial Democracies," Chapters 6, 10 & Bibliography.

Jonathan Peizer: "Bridging the Digital Divide: First You Need the Bridge" Mediachannel.org.

Kade Twist: "Content and the Digital Divide", Digital Divide Network.

Dana Ott: "Power to the People: The Role of Electronic Media in Promoting Democracy in Africa", First Monday.

Martin Hall: "Africa Connected", First Monday.

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Democratic Divide

Steven Clift: "Democracy is Online", Internet Society.

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Civil Society & Electronic Communities

Howard Rheingold: "Virtual Communities - Phony Civil Society?".

Alice McInnes: "The Agency of the InfoZone: Exploring the Effects of a Community Network", First Monday.

Osei Darkwa and Fikile Mazibuko: "Creating Virtual Learning Communities in Africa: Challenges and Prospects", First Monday.

David Johnson and David Post: "The New 'Civic Virtue' of the Internet", First Monday.

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ICTs & Gender

Andrea Orr: "Women outnumber men on the Web in U.S., study shows", Reuters.

Academic Women and Web Pages, Jill Arnold, Department of Social Sciences, The Nottingham Trent University (1999)

Babes on the Web: Sex, identity and the homepage, Marj Kibby Media International Australia Special Issue: Sex Acts N84 May 1997: 39-45

Breaking out of Binaries: Reconceptualizing Gender and its Relationship to Language in Computer-Mediated Communication, Michelle Rodino JCMC 3 (3) December 1997

Cyberfeminism with a difference, Rosi Braidotti (1996)

Do boys just wanna have fun? John Suler (1996)

Gender and democracy in computer mediated communication, Susan C. Herring EJC/REC Vol. 3, No. 2, 1993

Gender and Web Home Pages, Jill Arnold & Hugh Miller (1999)

Gender Harassment on the Internet, Vicki Bell and Denise de La Rue

Gender related electronic forums, Joan Korenman's index to email lists related to women or gender issues

"Girls Need Modems!" Cyberculture and Women's Ezines, Master's Research Paper, Krista Scott (1998)

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Regional Cases

Andreas Harsono: "Indonesia: From Mainstream to Alternative Media", First Monday.

John Kargbo: "The Internet in Sierra Leone: The Way Forward?", First Monday.

Andy Williamson: "The Impact of the Internet on the Politics of Cuba", First Monday.

Drazen Pantic: "Internet in Serbia: From Dark Side of the Moon to the Internet Revolution", First Monday.

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Net Activism

Rainbow Push Coalition
Civil rights and digital divide

Global Arcade
Virtual empowerment center where you can learn about globalization by e.g. playing arcade games.

STudent Alliance to Reform Corporations
Network of people with a common concern: Lack of democratic accountability by corporations.

E the People
American Interactive Townhall. Give your opinion by signing a petition or by joining a discussion-group.

The Conservative Caucus
The conservative activists toolbox for restoring constitutional government.

Netaction
Cyber rights tools and cyber rights issues.

Climate Voice
Tell world leaders if you are concerned about global warming.

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Cyberculture and Web Sociology

Cyberspace and Web Sociology
The SocioSite is designed to get access to information and resources, which are relevant for sociologists and other social scientists.

CyberStudies WebRing
The purpose of this WebRing is to link together sites that deal with CyberStudies.

Edge
The mandate of Edge Foundation is to promote inquiry into and discussion of intellectual, philosophical, artistic, and literary issues, as well as to work for the intellectual and social achievement of society.

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Media

TVRadioWorld
Internet broadcast directory and listing of radio television stations on the web

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