On Monday, December 7, the Policy Studies Organization, the Oxford Internet Institute, and Berkeley Electronic Press announced the launch of a new peer-reviewed journal, Policy & Internet. Hailed as "the first major peer-reviewed journal investigating the implications of the Internet and associated technologies for public policy," the publication has launched its first edition featuring the following contributions:

The Internet and Public Policy

Helen Z. Margetts

The Case Against Mass E-mails: Perverse Incentives and Low Quality Public Participation in U.S. Federal Rulemaking

Stuart W. Shulman

Early Adolescents' Use of Social Networking Sites to Maintain Friendship and Explore Identity: Implications for Policy

Barbie H. Clarke

Multilateral Approaches to Deliberating Internet Governance

J P. Singh