Contents: Preface. Part I: Rumor.J.E. Newhagen, M.R. Levy, The Future of Journalism in a Distributed Communication Architecture. S. Hornig Priest, Public Opinion, Expert Opinion, and the Illusion of Consensus: Gleaning Points of View Electronically. W.S. Williams, The Blurring of the Line Between Advertising and Journalism in the On-Line Environment. P. Aufderheide, Niche-Market Culture, Off and On Line. Part II: Reputation.J. Primuth, Cyberspace: A Consensual Hallucination. K. Harvey, Going On Line With the U.S. Constitution: Gender Discussions in the Cultural Context of the First Amendment. D.L. Borden, Cyberlibel: Time to Flame the Times Standard. Part III: Reporting.B. Henderson, J. Fernbank, The Campus Press: A Practical Approach to On-Line Newspapers. L.C. Christopher, Technology and Journalism in the Electronic Newsroom. S.S. Ross, Journalists' Use of On-Line Technology and On-Line Sources. W. Evans, Content Analysis in an Era of Interactive News: Assessing 21st Century Symbolic Environments. K. Kawamoto, Making Sense of the New On-Line Environment in the Context of Traditional Mass Communications Study.