Social Science Computer Review
Vol. 16, No. 3
Fall, 1998

Special Issue: ISTAS '97: Computers and Society at a Time of Sweeping Change

Introduction / Joseph R. Herkert
Developing Ethical Practices to Minimize Computer Misuse / Shalini Kesar and Simon
Rogerson
World Information Flows and the Impact of New Technology: Is There a Need for
International Communication Policy and Regulation? / Kerry Ferguson
The Co-Evolution of Society and Multimedia Technology: Issues in Predicting the Future
Innovation and Use of a Ubiquitous Technology / James Stewart and Robin
Williams
Ethics, Law, and Information Technology: The Transformative Role of Rhetoric /
Brian M. O'Connell

Virtual Communities and Social Capital / Anita Blanchard and Tom Horan

News and Notes / G. David Garson

Software Reviews
Methodologists' Toolchest / Thomas J. Sullivan
ActivStats / G. David Garson
Intervista WorldChart / Reviewed by staff
Painter 5 / Erik Norvelle and Edwin Carpenter



Book Reviews
The Governance of Cyberspace: Politics, Technology, and Global Restructuring, by Brian
D. Loader, ed. (reviewed by Cecilia G. Manrique)
High Noon on the Electronic Frontier, by Peter Ludlow (reviewed by James R. Simmons)
Possible Worlds: The Social Dynamic of Virtual Reality Technology, by Ralph
Schroeder (reviewed by Myron Orleans)
Computer: A History of the Information Machine, by Martin Campbell (Reviewed by
Tulio E. Ortiz)
QASS Log Linear Monographs: A Computer-Focused Review, by G. David Garson