David Beer

David Beer is now Senior Lecturer and Head of Programme for Communication at York St John University. At the time of writing this article he was working as a Research Fellow in the Social Informatics Research Unit (SIRU) in the Department of Sociology at the University of York, UK. He is the author of a number of articles and chapters on the sociology of cultural digitization, especially in relation to music. He is also the co-author (with Nick Gane) of a forthcoming book on New Media concepts.

Faculty of Business & Communication
York St John University
Lord Mayor's Walk
York, UK, YO31 7EX.
United Kingdom

Email: d.beer@yorksj.ac.uk

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Roger Burrows

Professor Roger Burrows is the Co-Director of the Social Informatics Research Unit (SIRU) in the Department of Sociology at the University of York, UK. Between 2005-2007 he was also the coordinator of the ESRC e-Society programme. He is the author of various articles, chapters, books and reports on: social informatics; urban sociology; and the sociology of health and illness.

Social Informatics Research Unit (SIRU)
Department of Sociology
University of York
Heslington, York, YO10 5DD
United Kingdom

Email: rjb7@york.ac.uk