Cyberpower has put individuals in charge and is changing the world.

"I'm wondering what it means to form a social contract in Cyberspace, one with the kind of authenticity and authority of a constitution. Sounds great in theory, but I don't actually "live" in Cyberspace -- I live in New York City, in the state of New York, in the United States of America. I guess I'm taking things too literally. Apparently my "mind" lives in Cyberspace and that's what counts. It's my vestigial meat-package, also known as my body, which lives in New York. Government, geography, my body -- all are obsolete now thanks to "Cyberspace that new home of mind," ... David Bennahum

AISI - African Information Society Initiative - The AISI intiative was put into place through the collaborative actions of a network of partners, sharing the aim of promoting connectivity and information technology development in Africa. - uneca.org/aisi/BCGIT - Berkeley Center for Globalization and Information Technology - The Berkeley Center For Globalization and Information Technology is an affiliate of the Institute of Governmental Studies (IGS), with which it shares office space on the Berkeley campus. Facilities and research support available include a library, a publications outlet (working papers series, monographs series, quarterly public affairs report), a conference room, and a dedicated staff. With these excellent resources, the Center is able to serve as a clearinghouse for the affiliated scholars, the university community, and the public.  Cyber Sociology - bcgit.berkeley.edu/abtbcgit.htm

Berkman Center for Internet and Society - The Berkman Center for Internet & Society is a research program founded to explore cyberspace, share in its study, and help pioneer its development.  Cyber Sociology - cyber.law.harvard.edu/

CDDC - Center for Digital Discourse and Culture - The Center for Digital Discourse and Culture (CDDC) is a college-level center at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in the College of Arts and Sciences. Working with faculty in the Virginia Tech Cyberschool, the CDDC provides one of the world's first university based digital points-of-publication for new forms of scholarly communication, academic research, and cultural analysis. At the same time, it supports the continuation of traditional research practices, including scholarly peer review, academic freedom, network formation, and intellectual experimentation. Our aim is to be open to all forms of cultural, ideological, methodological, and scientific discourse, while encouraging diversity, interdisciplinarity, and academic excellence. - cddc.vt.edu/index2.html

Center for Information Technology and Society - UCSB - UCSB's Center for Information Technology and Society (CITS) was founded in 1999 as a response to the information revolution. Its mission is to promote leading-edge research about the human dimensions of information technology. - www.cits.ucsb.edu/

Center for Interdisciplinary Studies in Science and Cultural Theory - Since its foundation in 1990, the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies in Science and Cultural Theory has fostered intellectual exchange between natural and social scientists in a broad range of fields and humanities scholars in fields such as philosophy, art, history, linguistics, and literature. The Center sponsors colloquia, lecture series, and conferences, and facilitates the teaching of interdisciplinary courses by Duke faculty. - duke.edu/literature/CIS.html

Center for International Science and Technology Policy: George Washington University - For almost thirty years, the The George Washington University has been one of the world's leading centers for research, graduate study, and informed discussion related to issues of science, technology, and public policy.- gwu.edu/~cistp/

Center for Philosophy of Science: University of Pittsburgh - The Center for Philosophy of Science exists to promote scholarship and research, to encourage scholarly exchanges, and to foster publications in the philosophy of science as well as in philosophically informed history of science and related fields. The Center is dedicated to bridging the gulf between the sciences and the humanities, and to helping to develop and disseminate a philosophical understanding and appreciation of the sciences. - pitt.edu/~pittcntr/

Center for Social Informatics - The Center for Social Informatics is dedicated to support research into information technology and social change. Social Informatics (SI) refers to the body of research and study that examines social aspects of computerization -- including the roles of information technology in social and organizational change, the uses of information technologies in social contexts, and the ways that the social organization of information technologies is influenced by social forces and social practices. - slis.indiana.edu/csi/

CFI - Center for Internet Research: University of Aarhus, Denmark - The Centre for Internet Research was established 18 September 2000 with the aim of encouraging research in the social and cultural implications and functions of the internet. The Centre for Internet Research is located at the Department of Information and Media Studies, University of Aarhus, Denmark. - imv.au.dk/cfi/eng/about/

CIRA - Community Informatics Research and Applications Unit - CIRA promotes community access to ICT resources. - cira.org.uk/

CIRCIT - Centre for International Research on Communicaiton and Information Technologies - CIRCIT aims to provide timely and relevant research and education on the effective development, implementation and use of communication and information technologies in Australia and internationally. - circit.rmit.edu.au/

CITI - Columbia Institute for Tele-Information - The Columbia Institute for Tele-Information (CITI) is a university-based research center focusing on strategy, management, and policy issues in telecommunications, computing, and electronic mass media. It is a Sloan Foundation industry research center. - citi.columbia.edu/

Computing, Organizations, Policy and Society (CORPS); University of California, Irvine (Ph.D) - The CORPS group in ICS studies the use of computer and information technologies in real-life situations, including their organisational and societal impact. In particular, we are interested in how computer systems can be made to work more effectively in a range of settings, and how they can be designed to support the needs of individuals and groups. - ics.uci.edu/CORPS/

CPROST - Centre for Policy Research on Science and Technology - The Centre for Policy Research on Science and Technology (CPROST) is part of the School of Communication, at Simon Fraser University, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. - sfu.ca/cprost/

CRICT- Centre for Research into Innovation, Culture and Technology - CRICT carries out research into the social and cultural dimensions of science and technology, with a particular focus on the dynamic relations between new technologies, new knowledge and social, cultural and organizational change. We aim to enrich understanding of these issues by drawing on a wide range of perspectives and styles from across the social sciences and humanities, and to use the insights gained from this research to contribute to topical debates in both academic and policy arenas. - brunel.ac.uk/depts/crict/home.htm

CRITO: Center for Research on Information Technology and Organizations - The Center for Research on Information Technology and Organizations (CRITO) is a multidisciplinary research unit at the University of California, Irvine. CRITO conducts theoretical and empirical research to answer a broad array of questions related to the use, impact, and management of information technology in organizations. - crito.uci.edu/

CSTT - Centre for Social Theory and Technology, Keele University, UK - "The fundamental aim of the Centre is to foster first-class research and teaching in the social theory of technology and organisations. It is especially concerned with themes that foreground the special nature of contemporary technology-organisation systems." - keele.ac.uk/depts/stt/home.htm

Cultural Policy Center: University of Chicago - The Cultural Policy Center is an interdisciplinary initiative of the Division of the Humanities and the Irving B. Harris Graduate School of Public Policy Studies dedicated to fostering research and public dialogue about the practical workings of culture in our lives. - culturalpolicy.uchicago.edu/

Cultural Studies of Science and Technology This page is devoted to the cultural studies of science and technology, i.e. the understanding of the mutual relations between culture and science and technology. cs.cmu.edu/~phoebe/cult-stud-sci.html

Curtin University of Technology Internet Studies Program: Curtin University of Technology - Curtin University of Technology's Internet Studies joins similar emerging programs around the world to meet the needs of society for a scholarly response and critical contribution to the Internet's challenge. - smi.curtin.edu.au/internet/internet.html

CUT - Centre for Urban Technology - CUT is committed to developing an interdisciplinary perspective through which urban futures can be explored. Straddling theory, empirical research and policy analysis, CUT's agenda examines the multiple pathways of technological innovation and the changing social organisation of urban development shaping cities. - ncl.ac.uk/cut/

Cyber / media / culture project: University of Bergen - cyber/media/culture is a multidisciplinary project at the Department of Humanistic Informatics at the University of Bergen. The CMC project aims to provide an environment for cooperation and growth, gathering researchers and practitioners in the broad field of humanistic cyberstudies. - cmc.uib.no/

Cybersociology is a non-profit multi-disciplinary webzine dedicated to the critical discussion of the internet, cyberspace, cyberculture and life online. socio.demon.co.uk/magazine/

Department of Social and Decision Sciences: Carnegie Mellon - The Department of Social and Decision Sciences is an interdisciplinary undergraduate and graduate department in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences. Three undergraduate majors are offered (all B.S. degrees): Decision Science, Policy and Management, and Political Sciences. Minors are offered in all three fields, and the department participates in an interdepartmental major in International Relations, and in interdepartmental minors in International Relations and in Sociology. The graduate program has four fields: Behavioral Decision Research, Organization Science, Technological Change and Industrial Evolution, and Political Psychology and Economy. - hss.cmu.edu/departments/sds/

Department of Social Informatics, Kyoto University - Due to the recent development of world-wide network and very large databases, our society will change drastically. The major purpose of the Department is to conduct research and education for problems caused by such dynamic society utilizing various computer science-based technologies including distributed artificial intelligence and databases. Electronic commerce, environment observation, bioresources, disaster privation and medical information processing are considered to be important application areas. Network security and intellectual property are also included. - web.i.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~soc/index-e.html

Digital Nations: MIT Media Lab - Digital Nations aims to address major social challenges (improving education, enhancing health care, supporting community development) through the innovative design and use of new technologies. The consortium's ultimate goal is to empower people in all walks of life to invent new opportunities for themselves and their societies. The consortium focuses especially on populations with the greatest needs -- children and seniors, underserved communities, and developing nations. (Includes the research of Bender, Best, Cassell, Cavallo, Davenport, Jacobson, Kirkman, Lieberman, Mikhak, Papert, Pentland, Resnick, Roy, Selker, and Smith.) - dn.media.mit.edu/

Digital World Research Centre (DWRC), University of Surrey - The Digital World Research Centre (DWRC) investigates the relationships between people, society and digital technologies. - surrey.ac.uk/dwrc/

eDevelopment: MIT Media Lab - The eDevelopment group invents systems that empower, enrich, and inter-connect developing communities. In particular, we study new e-commerce, communication, and system software that are appropriable and appropriate to developing areas. - edevelopment.media.mit.edu/

Edinburgh Social Informatics Site - Social informatics is the interdisciplinary study of the design and uses of information and communication technologies (ICTs) that takes account of their interaction with institutional and cultural contexts. Social Informatics refers to the body of knowledge about, and the use of information technologies as influenced by institutional arrangements, social forces and organisational practices. - bim.napier.ac.uk/esis/esis_home.html

GLOCOM - Center for Global Communications: International University of Japan - GLOCOM was established in 1991 as a social science research institute specializing in the study of information society as well as Japanese society. - glocom.ac.jp/top/message.e.html

Grad Programs for Social Networkers - Graduate programs that offer training or empahsis in Social Network Analysis - heinz.cmu.edu/project/INSNA/schools.html

Harvard Information Infrastructure Project - Harvard Information Infrastructure Project (HIIP) moves into its second decade, the information revolution continues to penetrate every aspect of daily life around the globe, affecting everything from national security to personal privacy, from economic competitiveness to democratic participation in governance. The HIIP identifies key issues and guides responsible policy in this critical and fast-moving area. Established in 1989, the HIIP brings together insights and capabilities from throughout Harvard University and around the world, including the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs (BCSIA) and the Center for Business and Government (CBG) at the John F. Kennedy School of Government.

Health Privacy - The Health Privacy Project is dedicated to raising public awareness of the importance of ensuring health privacy in order to improve health care access and quality, both on an individual and a community level. - healthprivacy.org/

History of Science at UCLA - The History of Science Program at UCLA offers graduate students the opportunity to work with some of the leading scholars in the history of science, medicine, and technology. Here at UCLA we pursue cultural, gender, historical, literary, political, and social approaches to these studies. Graduate students have the opportunity to work with faculty from other departments, including anthropology, english, philosophy, psychology, and sociology. - sscnet.ucla.edu/history/graduate/fields/science.htm

HomeNet Project - HomeNet is a field trial at Carnegie Mellon University whose purpose is to understand people's use of the Internet at home. Starting in 1995, we have provided families with Internet service and are carefully documenting how members of the family use online services such as electronic mail, computerized bulletin boards, online chat groups, and the World Wide Web. Through detailed audit of trial data on Internet use, quantitative surveys and interviews with family members, we are able to measure how people are integrating electronic communication and information services into their lives and the impact these services are having. - homenet.andrew.cmu.edu/progress/

Hypermedia Laboratory - University of Tampere (UTA) - The mission of the Hypermedia Laboratory in the University of Tampere Computer Centre is to coordinate research on the various fields of science for hypermedia, digital media and media production by offering resources for the use of the departments of the University. With the increased need for research on the information society a greater need has arisen also to contemplate the significance of the new media in society. - uta.fi/hyper/index_en.html

Hypertext, Cybernetics, Cyborgs and Virtual Realities uiowa.edu/~commstud/resources/digitalmedia/

ICē Institute - The University of Texas at Austin - ICē Institute is a globally interactive organization that uses modern telecommunications and multimedia to link research universities, businesses, and other institutional and individual resources in developed and emerging regions for shared prosperity at home and abroad. The Institute provides unique approaches to the study of business, technology, political, social, and economic issues by studying unstructured problems, developing multidisciplinary think teams, linking theory with practice, and providing opportunities to think anew within a university environment. Cyber Sociology - ic2.org/

ICS - Interuniversity Center for Social Science Theory and Methodology - The Interuniversity Center for Social Science Theory and Methodology (ICS) is a leading research center and graduate school in social sciences in the Netherlands, certified in 1993 and in 1998 by the Royal Dutch Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW). It is located at three universities: the University of Groningen, Utrecht University, and the University of Nijmegen. Cyber Sociology - ics-graduateschool.nl/

IDPM - Institute for Development Policy and Management, University of Manchester - IDPM is a multi-disciplinary unit within the University of Manchester specialising in management and development in developing and transitional economies. Cyber Sociology - idpm.man.ac.uk/idpm/

IDRC - International Development Research Centre - Science for Humanity - The International Development Research Centre is a public corporation created by the Canadian government to help communities in the developing world find solutions to social, economic, and environmental problems through research. - idrc.ca/

Information and Communications: Social Informatics Group: MMU - The SI Group has the following objective: To advance understanding of selected areas of information society policy community informatics the impacts of ICTs on learning. Cyber Sociology - mmu.ac.uk/h-ss/dic/research/sigroup.htm

Internet Culture Cyber Sociology - carbon.cudenver.edu/~mryder/itc_data/culture.html

IPI - Internet Policy Institute - The IPI is the nation's first independent, nonprofit research and educational institute designed to provide objective, high-quality analysis and outreach on the key issues affecting the global development and use of the Internet. The IPI is nonpartisan and does not lobby or otherwise actively advocate or represent the interests of Internet companies, user groups or others. Instead, it provides a forum where a range of voices can be heard, and where there can be vigorous debate and consensus building.Cyber Sociology - internetpolicy.org/

IPPSR - Institute for Public Policy and Social Research - Welcome to the Institute for Public Policy and Social Research! IPPSR is the nonpartisan public policy network at Michigan State University. Our staff is dedicated to connecting legislators, scholars, and practitioners through applied research, lively policy forums, and political leadership instruction. Cyber Sociology - ippsr.msu.edu/

ISAIT - Institute for the Social Assessment of Information Technology. Cyber Sociology  - isait.vt.edu/

ISC - Internet Studies Center - The Internet Studies Center at the University of Minnesota addresses compelling questions surrounding the social, ethical, legal, and rhetorical aspects of the Internet. The Center is based in the Rhetoric Department but is an interdisciplinary effort drawing on faculty from around the University and industry partners. - isc.umn.edu/index.html

Ishida Laboratory: Department of Social Informatics, Kyoto University. Cyber Sociology - lab7.kuis.kyoto-u.ac.jp/

ISR - Institute for Social Research - The Institute for Social Research (ISR) at the University of Michigan is the nation's longest-standing laboratory for interdisciplinary research in the social sciences. Cyber Sociology - isr.umich.edu/

JRC - Joint Research Centre - The Joint Research Centre is the European Union's scientific and technical research laboratory and an integral part of the European Commission. Cyber Sociology - jrc.cec.eu.int/default.asp

Media Laboratory Asia - Media Lab Asia is located in India and plans to model the MIT Media Lab for purposes of International Development in the region. Cyber Sociology - medialabasia.org/

Modern culture and media: Brown University - The Department of Modern Culture and Media was founded to bring together the two things named in the Department's title: Modern Culture on the one hand, and Media on the other. Specifically, this Department exists in order to provide a place for the study of the mass media--especially film, photography, print journalism, and television--in relation to modern society itself and to such other cultural products as modern literature, art, and philosophy. In this Department, faculty and students attempt to unite aspects of modern culture that are normally separated by university departmental structures (such as fine art, literature, and philosophy). The center also proposes the study of cultural forms (film, video, journalism) that are seldom treated with adequate seriousness in the liberal arts curriculum. Cyber Sociology - modcult.brown.edu/

Multidisciplinary Studies: North Carolina State University - The mission of the Division of Multidisciplinary Studies (MDS) is to teach undergraduate and graduate students at North Carolina State University, carry out research, and serve the university and the wider community beyond the campus in the area of interdisciplinary studies. Cyber Sociology - ncsu.edu/chass/mds/

Multimedia and Society - unites.uqam.ca/cyberculture/cadres_menu_principal.html

Office for History of Science and Technology: University of California Berkeley - Existing on the Berkeley campus since 1973, OHST promotes research and discussion in the history of science and technology through international exchanges, conferences, colloquia, research facilities, and administrative assistance. Cyber Sociology - ohst7.berkeley.edu/

OII - Oxford Internet Institute - The Oxford Internet Institute is being established by the University of Oxford as an independent and multidisciplinary Internet research centre which will focus on the social, economic, legal and ethical impact of the Internet. Cyber Sociology - oii.ox.ac.uk/about.shtml

Power and Powerlessness in the Global Village: Stepping into the "Information Society" as a "Revolution from Above". Electronic Journal of Sociology (1999) ISSN: 1198 3655. Cyber Sociology  - sociology.org/content/vol004.003/globvlg2.html

PREST - Science, Technology and Innovation Policy and Management Studies at Manchester - PREST is an institute of the University of Manchester, founded in 1977 to build on a tradition of work established in Manchester in the 1960's. Our objectives are to provide impartial and authoritative analysis and information to decision-makers concerned with the economic, political and social implications of science and technology. Cyber Sociology - les1.man.ac.uk/PREST/

Program in Science, Technology and Society: Stanford - Stanford's Program in Science, Technology, and Society (STS), founded in 1971, is among America's oldest STS programs. For 30 years STS has offered Stanford undergraduates integrated studies of the natures and relationship of science, technology, and engineering, and of the social relations of science and technology. Cyber Sociology - leland.stanford.edu/group/STS/

Program in STS: MIT - The Purpose of the HSSST doctoral program is to increase understanding of the technical and scientific world humans have created. Since this world has become the dominant environment of our lives, the need for understanding has never been greater. The HSSST program is broadly and deeply interdisciplinary. Teachers and students work together to understand technology and science as human experiences, in sheer political, social, historical, psychological, and cultural dimensions. - web.mit.edu/sts/

PROGRAM ON SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, & SOCIETY: North Carolina State University - The Division of Multidisciplinary Studies is the home for three programs of study focusing upon Science, Technology, and Society (STS). Cyber Sociology - www.ncsu.edu/chass/mds/psts.html

Projektgruppe Kulturraum Internet - This CD ROM documents the work of the Projektgruppe Kulturraum Internet. It accompanies and completes the final report on our research project on "Net culture and network organization", which was begun in January 1996. Cyber Sociology - duplox.wz-berlin.de/

Psychology of Online Virtual Relationships: soc.hawaii.edu/leonj/409as98/nakagawa/report1.html

RCCS - Resource Center for Cyberculture Studies - The Resource Center for Cyberculture Studies is an online, not-for-profit organization whose purpose is to research, study, teach, support, and create diverse and dynamic elements of cyberculture. Collaborative in nature, RCCS seeks to establish and support ongoing conversations about the emerging field, to foster a community of students, scholars, teachers, explorers, and builders of cyberculture, and to showcase various models, works-in-progress, and on-line projects. Cyber Sociology - com.washington.edu/rccs/

Review of The information Age: Economy, Society, and Culture,by Manuel Castells. Cyber Sociology - gse.uci.edu/markw/info-age.html

School of Interpersonal Communication: Ohio University - The School of Interpersonal Communication is part of the College of Communication at Ohio University. The School offers the Bachelor of Science in Communication, Masters of Arts, and Doctor of Philosophy degrees. Cyber Sociology - inco.ohiou.edu/

Science & Technology Studies: Cornell University - Cornell University offers both undergraduate and graduate education designed to promote and deepen understanding of science and technology. Drawing on faculty and courses in history, philosophy, sociology, and politics of science and technology, the Department of Science & Technology Studies provides an integrated approach to addressing issues that we must engage today and in the future. Cyber Sociology - sts.cornell.edu/CU-STS.html

Science and Technology Dynamics: University of Amsterdam - The Department was created as a center of excellence for science and technology studies by a joint effort of the University of Amsterdam and the Dutch government in 1982. In 1987, it was given the right to award its own M.Sc. Cyber Sociology - chem.uva.nl/sts/uk/

Science and Technology Studies: Rensselaer - We are anthropologists, philosophers, political scientists, sociologists, psychologists, and historians. Some of us rely on fieldwork for our research, others are immersed in developing social theory, still others use the classroom itself as a laboratory. Cyber Sociology - rpi.edu/dept/sts/

Science and Technology Studies: YORK University - Science and Technology Studies (STS) is a full degree program and research unit located within the interdisciplinary School of Analytic Studies and Information Technology. STS is dedicated to analyzing science and technology, their development, and their impact on society. What is science? How does it affect society? How does society affect the development of science, the concepts, and metaphors it deploys, and the kinds of knowledge it produces? How do theories change in science? How are scientific controversies opened, sustained, closed? What distinguishes science from non-science? What are the relations between science and technology? - yorku.ca/sasit/sts/

Science Studies at Edinburgh University - The Science Studies Unit was formed in 1966 to develop a programme of teaching and research on social aspects of science. It is an interdisciplinary group, combining expertise in philosophy, history and sociology, mostly though not exclusively within a sociology of scientific knowledge perspective. - ssu.ssc.ed.ac.uk/

Science Studies, Univ. of Californa, San Diego - The Science Studies Program at UCSD was established in 1989. At present, the Program involves sixteen core faculty members and twenty-two graduate students from the Program's "home" departments of communication, history, philosophy, and sociology. - helix.ucsd.edu/~scistud/index.html

Science, Ethics, and Society: California Institute of Technology - The option in Science, Ethics, and Society (SES) provides students with a broad historical and philosophical education in the social, economic, ethical, and political issues that have arisen in the modern world in connection with the advance of science and technology. - hss.caltech.edu/ses/index.html

Science, Technology & Society: University of Wollongong - STS studies in depth the origins, nature and social impacts of science, medicine and technology. Cyber Sociology - www.uow.edu.au/arts/sts/index.html

Science, Technology and Culture Studies Group - The Science, Technology and Culture Studies (STCS) group is dedicated to exploring different approaches to the intersections of science, technology and culture. Cyber Sociology - humanitas.ucsb.edu/users/sharp/stcs.html

Science, Technology, & Society: Claremont Colleges - The Science, Technology, and Society (STS) Program of the Claremont Colleges is an intercollegiate, interdisciplinary program through which students may pursue an integrated study of the history, philosophy, and social dimensions of science and technology. Cyber Sociology - hmc.edu/www_common/sts/stswelc.html

SI - Research Group on Social Informatics: Tutkimus - The Social Informatics Research Group shares an interest in the role of ICT's in changing or reenforcing patterns of worklife, community life, and the character of institutions. - info.uta.fi/tutkimus/si/

Sociable Media Group: MIT Media Lab - The Sociable Media Group investigates issues concerning society and identity in the networked world. Cyber Sociology

Social Informatics Minor: Bradley University - The minor is designed with the following objectives: - to provide students with the conceptual tools and strategies to critically analyze the new technologies and the impact of computerization on society, human interaction, and the human psyche. - bradley.edu/las/soc/soc/si.html

Social Networks Research Centers - heinz.cmu.edu/project/INSNA/research.html

Sociological and Ethnographic Research of cyberspace. Cyber Sociology - cybersoc.com/

Sociological Research Online, 1997 Schroeder , R. (1997) 'Networked Worlds: Social Aspects of Multi-User Virtual Reality Technology' Cyber Sociology - socresonline.org.uk/socresonline/2/4/5.html

Sociology of On-Line Gambling. The legal issues involved with on-line gambling are both troubling and complex, and at times it is uncertain what can be done. Cyber Sociology - people.virginia.edu/~cpb5t/legal.html

STAC: Media Studies: Georgia Tech - The revolution in computer and digital technology has transformed the art and the science of communication, making media studies one of the most dynamic and rewarding fields Cyber Sociology - lcc.gatech.edu/stac/media.html

STS: Edinburgh - The University of Edinburgh is one of the leading UK centres for research into the social character as well as the social and economic implications of science and technology. Cyber Sociology - ed.ac.uk/~rcss/stsed/stsed_home.html

STS: Virginia Tech - STS at Virginia Tech is a cooperative venture of the Science and Technology Studies faculty in the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, and the Departments of History, Philosophy, Political Science, and Sociology. Cyber Sociology - cis.vt.edu/sts/

Studies in Internet Culture By Debbie Firkus Theorist Jean Baudrillard describes the internet as a kind of cybernetic terrain that works to undermine the symbolic distance between the metaphorical and .. Cyber Sociology - uwm.edu/People/dfirkus

Studies of Science and Technology: University of Minnesota - Graduate minor in Studies of Science and Technology (SST) for students pursuing the M.A., M.S., or Ph.D. degrees. Studies of science and technology is a rapidly expanding field that seeks to understand the conceptual foundations, historical development, and social context of science and technology. Cyber Sociology - sst.umn.edu/

Surveillance Project - The outcome of this research project will be improved knowledge of how surveillance works and also how resistance or containment is generated, at the international, institutional, technological, and social-personal level. Cyber Sociology - qsilver.queensu.ca/sociology/Surveillance/intro.htm

Technology and Policy Program: MIT - Welcome to the Technology and Policy Program (TPP) website at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. TPP educates men and women for leadership on the important technological issues confronting society. Cyber Sociology - mit.edu:8001/courses/tpp/

The CyberAnthropology Page is dedicated to research on cyberculture, and the formation of new cultures and cultural practices in cyberspace. Cyber Sociology - fiu.edu/~mizrachs/cyberanthropos.html

The Digital World Research Centre (DWRC) offers a new way of investigating the impact of new technologies on organisational life, the individual and society. Cyber Sociology - surrey.ac.uk/dwrc

The Ethics of Research in Cyberspace Robert Alun Jones - Professor of Sociology, History and Religious Studies, University of Illinois. Cyber Sociology - usyd.edu.au/su/social/papers/jones.htm

The HIIP has provided a neutral, interdisciplinary forum for addressing a wide range of emerging policy issues relating to information infrastructure, its development, use, and growth. Current research areas include electronic commerce, the Internet and governance, economic and policy issues to ensure widespread availability of advanced communications access technologies in traditional high-cost areas, information policy in the Asia-Pacific region, and information policy and the information society. Cyber Sociology - ksgwww.harvard.edu/iip/

The Implications of Electronic Information The Implications of Electronic Information for the Sociology of Knowledge [1] Richard A. Lanham Professor. Cyber Sociology - cni.org/docs/tsh/Lanham.html

The Research Committee on Sociocybernetiics. Cyber Sociology - unizar.es/sociocybernetics/brisbane.html

The Resource Center for Cyberculture Studies is an online, not-for-profit organization whose purpose is to research, study, teach, support, and create diverse and dynamic elements of cyberculture. Cyber Sociology - com.washington.edu/rccs/

Theories and Metaphors of Cyberspace - Abstracts - Cyberspace, Virtual Reality and The End of History By Stephen Webb Department of Sociology, University of Derby. Cyber Sociology - pespmc1.vub.ac.be/Cybspasy/SWebb.html

Theory, Culture and Society Centre - Theory, Culture & Society Centre Faculty of Humanities The Nottingham Trent University. The Theory, Culture & Society Centre has focused its research around technological culture; globalization consumption and leisure; the body, health and the life course; postcolonial issues; and critical theory. Cyber Sociology - tcs.ntu.ac.uk/home.html

Thesis on whether internet creates or contributes to democracy. Cyber Sociology - wr.com.au/democracy/index.html

TIPI - Telecommunications and Information Policy Institute - The Telecommunications and Information Policy Institute (TIPI) was established in May 1996 by the University of Texas at Austin, in response to the unprecedented opportunities in Texas associated with telecommunications. These TIPI faculty associates assist in the design and implementation of the policy analysis and research initiatives of the Institute. They also are encouraged to seek grants and contracts in the relevant and important areas of telecommunications policy. Cyber Sociology - utexas.edu/research/tipi/

UC Irvine Graduate Program in Social Networks. Cyber Sociology - aris.ss.uci.edu/socnet/socnet.html,

UCLA Center for Communication Policy - The UCLA Center for Communication Policy is a forum for the discussion and development of policy alternatives addressing the leading issues in media and communication. Communication policy at its core begins with the individual and the family. The Center conducts and facilitates research, courses, seminars, working groups, and conferences designed to have a major impact on policy at the local, national, and international levels. Cyber Sociology - ccp.ucla.edu/index.asp

Ukranian network of Information Society - Institute's activity is targeted at creation of a basis for development of the Information Society, its fundamental elements - e-government, e-commerce, e-elections. Cyber Sociology - e-ukraine.org.ua/eng/institute.htm

Virtual Society? The Social Science of Electronic Technologies - Virtual Society? addresses issues identified by many Foresight sector panels. Investigating the future development of new technologies and social activities is recognised as crucially important to wealth creation and the quality of life. Virtual Society? draws together research efforts to form a UK research sector in the now strategic field of the social context of new electronic technologies. Cyber Sociology - virtualsociety.sbs.ox.ac.uk/

How do we perceive other people on-line? What does a virtual crowd look like? How do social conventions develop in the networked world? Cyber Sociology - smg.media.mit.edu/

ZEF - The Center for Development Research. ZEF is an international and interdisciplinary research institute of the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-University, Bonn which commenced its research activities towards the end of 1997. Cyber Sociology - zef.de/start/start.htm

"People will meet, make love, procreate and live for ever in cyberspace and virtual reality like in Krishna's Maya" - vpr