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Recent AAG meetings have considered some aspects of electronic commerce and the internet: retailing, education, and mapping to name a few. However, little consideration has been given to the individuals who construct, run and use the systems we now take for granted. This session at the AAG New Orleans (March 4-8) will "people" the discourse around the internet, considering the performativities of people as programmers, administrators, marketers and customers/users. Papers may address any of the following: * technological and institutional beginnings (ARPANET/CSNET) and new directions (Internet II) * governing the internet: ICANN, naming conflicts and e-government * managerial visions for ecommerce * the "social shaping of technology" (to borrow from MacKenzie and Wajcman) * user experiences: communities, e-dating, chat forums * the dark side: the production/consumption of SPAM, viruses, sex selling * customer experiences of e-commerce * P2P networks (Napster and other file transfer systems) and intellectual property or any other topics of interest relating to the theme. Discussants are welcome: if you are interested in doing so, let me know. Please respond to Andrew Murphy <[log in to unmask]> or <[log in to unmask]>. Final deadline for abstracts: September 30th, through the AAG website (www.aag.org) Apologies for cross posting.