Internet Research Annual - Selected Papers from the Association of Internet Researchers Conference 2005, Volume 4

The Editors : Mia Consalvo earned her Ph.D. in mass communication at the University of Iowa. She is currently Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in the School of Telecommunications at Ohio University. Her research focuses on new media and popular culture, with an emphasis on the study of digital games. Her most recent book is Cheating : Gaining Advantage in Videogames (forthcoming).
Caroline Haythornthwaite is Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her research examines how the Internet and computer media support and affect work, learning, and social interaction. Her articles on social aspects of the Internet have been published in several journals. Her major publications include The Internet in Everyday Life (2002, edited with Barry Wellman); Learning, Culture and Community in Online Education : Research and Practice (2004, edited with Michelle M.
Kazmer), a special issue of Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication on Computer-Mediated Collaborative Practices and Systems (2005), and Handbook of Elearning Research (2007, edited with Richard Andrews).