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Received:  by CIOS Mailer; Tuesday 5 Oct 1999 18:10:45
Date:          Tue, 5 Oct 99 17:53 -0400
To: "Multiple recipients of CMC" 
From: mnemonic  at well.com
Subject:       Re: intro books?

Charlie writes:

>Democracy, politics and publics: Charles Ess' superb essay (which he 
>is to modest to mention in his posting) "The Political Computer: 
>Democracy, CMC, and Habermas" in his above-mentioned anthology. 
>Contrasts nicely with Mark Poster's "Cyberdemocracy: Internet and 
>the Public Sphere" in the Porter anthology.
>
>Community: Wellman, Barry 1997: "An Electronic Group is Virtually a 
>Social Network," in Kiesler's anthology. Also Smith, Marc A. & Peter 
>Kollock 1996: "Managing the Virtual Commons: Cooperation and 
>Conflict in Computer Communities," in Susan Herring (Ed.): 
>Computer-Mediated Communication: Linguistic, Social, and 
>Cross-Cultural Perspectives, Amsterdam: John Benjamin
>

I just want to stress again that I wrote my own book -- CYBER RIGHTS: 
DEFENDING FREE SPEECH IN THE DIGITAL AGE -- with an eye to its 
functioning as a suitable text for people interested in law, 
community, and democracy on the Net. Folks here may be particularly 
interested in chapters 1-3 insofar as they deal with the general 
theory of Internet democracy, chapters 4-7 (which deal with how 
various conflicts and fears are addressed by the legal system), and 
chapters 8 et seq., which show how community efforts and feedback can 
shape the Internet policy process.

Those who are interested in independent reviews of CYBER RIGHTS can 
find a selection of them on the Amazon page:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0812928342/o/qid=939160363/sr=8 
-1/002-3063620-5514610 .


--Mike


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Mike Godwin can be reached by phone at 212-888-7811.
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