An Introduction to Mailinglist Research in the Social Sciences

1. What are (Internet) mailinglists and why are they useful?
2. What do researchers in social sciences (and humanities) find interesting about mailinglists?
3. New opportunities for research
4. Limitations
5. Privacy issues
6. Examples for mailinglist (and newsgroup) studies
7. What's missing?
8. Own approach to a mailinglist study
9. References