Social Science Computer Review
Vol. 16, No. 2
Summer, 1998

Special Issue: Computing in the Social Sciences '97
          Introduction / Kimberly A. Jordan
          Academic Infotecture: Course Design for Cyberschool / Chris Couples
          The Paradox of Paperless Classes / Paula Lackie
          Rumoring Theory and the Internet: A Framework for Analyzing the Grassroots / Dana R.
                  Fisher

Multimedia, Political Communications and Campaigning in the 1996 Presidential Election / Patrick Novotny

Reports and Communications
          Interview Mode Choice by Survey Respondents: A Methodological Analysis / Ricardo C.
     Gazel and R. Keith Schwer

News and Notes / G. David Garson

Software Reviews
          Sound Forge / Hal Meeks
          FileMaker Pro / Reviewed by staff

Book Reviews
          Internet Dreams: Archetypes, Myths, and Metaphors, by Mark Stefik (reviewed by Joyce
     Tang)
          The Message is the Medium: Online All the Time for Everyone, by Tom Koch (reviewed
     by Lloyd Klein)
          Virtual Culture: Identity and Communication in Cybersociety, by Steven G. Jones, ed.
     (reviewed by P. A. Dee Southard)
          Abstracting Craft: The Practiced Digital Hand, by Malcolm McCullough (reviewed by A.
     Aneesh).
          Telecommunications Strategy for Economic Development, by William H. Read and Jan I.
     Youtie (reviewed by Mark R. Greer)           
          Text Analysis for the Social Sciences: Methods for Drawing Statistical Inferences from
     Texts and Transcripts, by Carl. W. Roberts, ed. (Reviewed by Carl Grafton)
          Beyond Maps: GIS and Decision-Making in Local Government, by John O'Looney
     (reviewed by G. David Garson)
          QASS Time Series Monographs: A Computer-Focused Review, by G. David Garson