Fri, 2 Dec 1994 13:03:33 -0800 for <socgrad@ucsd.edu>
    Fri, 2 Dec 94 16:03:22 +1100
From: "MORTEN G. ENDER" <S-ENDER@bss1.umd.edu>
Organization:  University of Maryland,College Park
To: "Frank D. Beck" <FDB1@psuvm.psu.edu>, socgrad@UCSD.EDU
Date:          Fri, 2 Dec 1994 16:03:08 EDT
Subject:       Re: Call for Papers: Communities in Cyberspace
>I don't believe communities exist in cyberspace.  Historically 
>sociologists have thought of community as composed of three elements: 
>territory/locality local culture, and locality/community oriented 
>interaction.  Though different theories have emphasized these to 
>varying degrees, where all three exist you are likely to find 
>community.

frank and doug,

    might cyberspace then provide an arena for the maintenance of 
    the community rather than forming new communities--much like the
    telephone facilitates the maintenance of family? perhaps we should
    think of _communities across cyberspace_ rather than _in_ 
    cyberspace    
    
    morten