new reviews in cyberculture studies (april 2006)

an excellent new batch of book reviews this month:

Aaron Ben-Ze'ev, Love Online: Emotions on the Internet (Cambridge University Press, 2004). Reviewed by Mary Chayko, associate professor of Sociology at the College of Saint Elizabeth in Morristown, NJ, and author of Connecting: How We Form Social Bonds and Communities in the Internet Age. Author response by Aaron Ben-Ze'ev, professor of Philosophy and president of the University of Haifa.

Laura U. Marks, Touch: Sensuous Theory and Multisensory Media (University of Minnesota Press, 2002). Reviewed by Ted Kafala, professor of communication and media at the University of Cincinnati's College of Applied Science. Author response by Laura Marks, associate professor and Dena Wosk University Professor in Art and Culture Studies, School for the Contemporary Arts, Simon Fraser University.

it's always a thrill for me - and, i think, for readers of RCCS - when authors take the time to supply a response to the review. thanks mary and ted for the excellent reviews and thanks aaron and laura for your excellent rejoinders.