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The Contemporary Picture

Temple University, Philadelphia

George W. Dowdall

Saint Joseph's University, Philadelphia

This article describes the revitalization of the section on Communication and Information Technologies since 2002. At the beginning of the period, the section underwent a name and mission change that focused the discipline's attention on the section as an important locus for those engaged in research on the social consequences of developments in communication and information technologies. The expanded mission broadened the section's concerns from computing to encompass all computing-related technologies and new media. The section's leadership also initiated an aggressive and broad program of marketing the section's activities both within and outside the discipline. By the fall of 2005, membership had rebounded from a low of 99 to more than 300, and section activities had grown to support a mini conference before the regular annual meeting of the American Sociological Association.

Key Words: sociology • Communication and Information Technologies • computing • social consequences

Social Science Computer Review, Vol. 24, No. 2, 165-171 (2006)
DOI: 10.1177/0894439305284510


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