The Communication Technology and Policy section of the Proceedings contains the following 15 papers: "The Virtual Sphere: The Internet as a Public Sphere" (Zizi Papacharissi); "Toward a Typology of Internet Users and Online Privacy Concerns" (Kim Bartel Sheehan); "Blind Spots of the Communications Decency Act Debate: A Critique of Jeffersonian Free Speech" (Misook Baek); "Telecommunications for Rural Community Development: The Effects of Community Projects on Attitudes and Adoption Among Community Members" (C. Ann Hollifield, Joseph Donnermeyer, Gwen Wolford, and Robert Agunga); "Broadening the Boundaries of Interactivity: A Concept Explication" (Spiro Kiousis); "Privacy, Security and Intellectual Property: Proprietary Interests Over the Internet" (Laurie Thomas Lee); "Examining Information Processing on the World Wide Web Using Think Aloud Protocols" (William P. Eveland, Jr. and Sharon Dunwoody); "An Online Study of the Uses and Gratifications of Internet Pornography" (Ryan J. Burns); "Free Air Time for Candidates: An Attempt to Improve Political Discourse" (Douglas Bailey); "Media Convergence on the Internet" (Mark Tremayne); "Credibility and Journalism on the Internet: How Online Newspapers Handle Errors and Corrections" (Berlinda Nadarajan and Penghwa Ang); "Tracing the Evolution of Interactive Media and Funding Models through the Trade Press" (Sally J. McMillan); "'Son of CDA (Communications Decency Act)': Will the Child Online Protection Act of 1998 Meet Constitutional Muster?" (Johanna M. Roodenburg); "Killing Physicians with Fighting Words: A Free-Speech Challenge to Internet Community Building" (Terry L. Wimmer); and "Japanese Television Broadcast Policy-Making Analysis: From Analog to Digital 1987-1997" (Tsutomu Kanayama). (RS)