Call for Articles for the Electronic Journal of Virtual Culture The Electronic Journal on Virtual Culture has been created and will be published by Arachnet. Virtual culture is computer-mediated human experience/behavior /action/interaction, such as electronic mail, conferences, and journals; information distribution/retrieval; the construction and visualization of images/representations/ models of reality and/or worlds; and global connectivity. The purpose of the refereed journal is to foster, encourage, advance, and communicate scholarly thought, (including analysis, evaluation, and research) in multiple disciplines about virtual culture. Manuscripts on virtual culture (including analysis, evaluation, and research) are invited from multiple disciplines. Prepare manuscripts in APA form and style and in ASCII format. Any table included should not exceed sixty spaces from the left margin on any line. Do not include diagrams at this time. Articles should be 1,000 lines or less (maximum of 40,000 bytes), including notes and bibliography. The deadline for receiving manuscripts for the first issue is February 1, 1993. Submit manuscripts by electronic mail to: Ermel Stepp Editor-in-Chief Electronic Journal on Virtual Culture BITNET M034050@Marshall Internet M034050@Marshall.wvnet.edu <<< Information about the Journal >>> The Journal will have an editorial staff. The current editors are listed at the end of this message. If you are interested in an editorial role please contact the Editor-in-Chief. The Journal will have an ISSN and a copyright. The Journal will publish certain information in every issue, including, for example, ownership, editorial staff, editorial requirements, disclaimer, and copyright statement, and subscription instructions. The Journal will be distributed in collaboration with existing discussion groups, networked archival systems, and libraries. The Journal will be issued monthly commencing with the first issue on March 15, 1993. Each issue of the Journal will be less than 100 type-written pages in length in the first year. The official language of the Journal will be English. Translations into other languages for limited issues may be approved by special arrangement. Deadlines for the submission of manuscripts will be the first of the month preceding the next issue. The deadline for the submission of manuscripts for the first issue is February 1, 1993. Articles should be 1,000 lines or less (maximum of 40,000 bytes), including notes and bibliography. All manuscripts will be given at least three blind reviews by a jury of referees. Authors will be notified within twenty days after receiving their manuscript of the disposition of the manuscript, except notification about submissions for the first issue will be distributed by March 1, 1993, allowing for the creation and implementation of the peer review process. When appointments are made of editorial roles announcements will be widely distributed to the chief executive officers of the appointees' institutions, professional organizations, media, and computer teleconferences. All submissions and communication about manuscripts will be by electronic mail. The endorsement, sponsorship, and collaboration of organized groups and professional organizations will be sought after three issues of the Journal have been distributed. As soon as possible, alternatives to ASCII, such as postscript and hypertext, will be considered for formatting versions of the Journal. No print version of the Journal is contemplated. No subscription fee for the Journal is contemplated. <<< Subscription Information >>> The Journal will be available via listserv@uottawa through the electronic conference Arachnet. To subscribe to Arachnet send an e-mail message to listserv@uottawa with a one-line message in the text: subscribe Arachnet Your-first-name Your-last-name Of course, use your own real first and last name. Also, the Journal will be distributed thru networked archival systems and libraries. <<< Copyright Information >>> Copyright 1992 by Arachnet moderators All rights are reserrved. Authors may publish their articles in other publications. The Arachnet Electronic Journal on Virtual Culture may be reproduced for non-profit use by any student, educator, scholar, contributing author, subscriber to Arachnet, academic computer center, computer conference, library, school, or educational/research institution. The Journal may be stored and distributed by any networked computer as a public service. Any commercial use of of this journal in whole or in part by any means is strictly prohibited without written permission. Any use of this Journal in whole or in part should include proper bibliographic citation, including author attribution, date, article title, and journal details. Editorial Board (EJVC Founders/Arachnet Moderators) (3) Ermel Stepp, Marshall University, Editor-in-Chief M034050@Marshall.WVNET.edu Diane (Di) Kovacs, Kent State University, Co-Editor DKOVACS@Kentvm.Kent.edu A. Ralph Papakhian, Indiana University, Consulting Editor Consulting Editors (13) Patrick (Pat) Conner, West Virginia University Lydia Fish, Buffalo State College Stevan Harnad, Princeton University Edward M. (Ted) Jennings, University at Albany, SUNY Michael Joyce, Vassar Jay Lemke, City University of New York Carl Eugene Loeffler, Carnegie Mellon University Willard McCarty, University of Toronto James (Jim) Milles, Saint Louis University Algirdas Pakstas, The University of Trondheim, Norway A. Ralph Papakhian, Indiana University Bernie Sloan, University of Illinois, Champaign Kali Tal, Viet Nam Generation Associate Editors (20) Robert J. (Bob) Beebe, Youngstown State University David W. Brown, Ball State University Kathleen Burnett, Rutgers University G. Phillip Cartwight, University of California, Davis Paulo A. Dasilva, Military Institute of Engineering, Brazil Jan George Frajkor, Carleton University, Canada Dave Gomberg, University of California, San Francisco Brendan Kehoe, Cygnus Support Joan Korenman, University of Maryland / Baltimore County Steven D. Koski, St. Bonaventure University Sharyn Ladner, University of Miami Lyonette Louis-Jacques, University of Chicago Sushil Oswal, University of Cincinnati Joseph Psotka, Army Research Institute Martin E. Rosenberg, University of Kentucky Laverna Saunders, University of Nevada, Las Vegas David Sewell, University of Rochester Christinger (Chris) Tomer, University of Pittsburgh Stuart Weibel, OCLC D. R. (Bob) Zenhausen, St. Johns University