Discusses the World Wide Web, its importance for marketing, its advantages, non-commercial promotions on the Web, how businesses use the Web, the Web market, resistance to Internet commercialization, getting on the Web, creating Web pages, rising above the noise, and some of the Web's problems and limitations. (SR)

Presents 46 brief descriptions of books about the Internet published between 1993 and mid-1994. (SR)

Explains available electronic communication and research tools and provides suggestions for using the Internet to enhance technology education. (SK)

Offers a creative narrative that illustrates an episode of "flaming" in an electronic mail exchange among a small group of communication scholars. Defines "flaming" as the exchange of hostile or insulting remarks. Argues that creative narrative can be used as a method for interpretive study of communication and culture. (PA)

Provides an overview of the Internet. Discusses the ins and outs of e-mail, collaboration on the Internet, and accessing information. (SR)

Describes having students in a business communication class subscribe to and participate in e-mail-based electronic conferences in order to learn audience analysis. (SR)

Offers practical instruction on how to begin using e-mail in the classroom. Discusses learning the basics, taking care of administrivia, providing useful documentation, and establishing objectives. (SR)

Describes three methods for using computers in agricultural education: electronic mail, electronic bulletin boards, and computer conferencing. (SK)

This extended abstract summarizes the findings of a study that examined nine scholar-focused public electronic discussion groups (EDGs) on BITNET. The roles, rules, and responsibilities of EDG owners are discussed, and several suggestions for enhancing the relationship between the EDG owner and membership are offered. (MES)

Discusses online communication, including privacy issues, electronic bulletin board systems, attitudes and habits from other types of communication, the proper register for online communication, training students, and teachers as moderators. (LRW)

Discusses issues encountered in converting a booklet to electronic format. (SR)

Describes the three most active computerized discussion forums available to educational researchers on BITNET: the Educational Research List (ERL-L), the Education Policy Analysis List (EDPOLYAN), and the Educational Technology List (EDTECH). Lists nine other BITNET discussion groups of related interest. Addresses and access information are…

Discusses software sharing on computer networks and the need for proper bandwidth; and describes the technology behind FidoNet, a computer network made up of electronic bulletin boards. Network features highlighted include front-end mailers, Zone Mail Hour, Nodelist, NetMail, EchoMail, computer conferences, tosser and scanner programs, and host…

A stratified random sample of 96 employees in a large firm saved a hard copy of all incoming and outgoing electronic mail for a 3-day period. Proposes a framework for understanding how electronic communication could affect group behavior in organizations. (70 references) (MLF)

Discusses legal issues that may arise as schools begin to provide internet access to K-12 students. A key concern is that students may be exposed to material that parents or teachers find inappropriate. (PR)