Contents: L.R. Frey, Introduction: Group Communication in Context: Studying Bona Fide Groups. Part I:Tales From the Home and Hood: Managing Group Boundaries and Borders.S. Petronio, S. Jones, M.C. Morr, Family Privacy Dilemmas: Managing Communication Boundaries Within Family Groups. R. Buchalter, Negotiating (Im)permeable Neighborhood Borders. Part II:Community Groups: Engaging in Group Decision Making, Deliberation, and Development.S. Howell, B. Brock, E. Hauser, A Multicultural, Intergenerational Youth Program: Creating and Sustaining a Youth Community Group. K. Tracy, C. Standerfer, Selecting a School Superintendent: Sensitivities in Group Deliberation. Part III:Groups Confronting Crisis: Contextual Effects on Group Communication.R. Houston, In the Mask of Thin Air: Intragroup and Intergroup Communication During the Mt. Everest Disaster. G.A. Yep, S.T. Reece, E.L. Negron, Culture and Stigma in a Bona Fide Group: Boundaries and Context in a "Closed" Support Group for "Asian Americans" Living With HIV Infection. Part IV:Cooperatives and Collaborations: Communicating Amidst Multiple Identities, Boundaries, and Constituents.J.G. Oetzel, J. Robbins, Multiple Identities in Teams in a Cooperative Supermarket. J.I. Lange, Environmental Collaboration and Constituency Communication. J. Keyton, V. Stallworth, On the Verge of Collaboration: Interaction Processes Versus Group Outcomes. Part V:Global Groups: Interfacing the Macro and the Micro.J.C. Sherblom, Influences on the Recommendations of International Business Consulting Teams. J. Parrish-Sprowl, Indexing the Polish Transformation: The Case of Eco-S From a Bona Fide Group Perspective. Part VI:Mediated Groups: Negotiating Communication and Relationships Electronically.S.C. Alexander, J.L. Peterson, A.B. Hollingshead, Help Is at Your Keyboard: Support Groups on the Internet. D. Krikorian, T. Kiyomiya, Bona Fide Groups as Self-Organizing Systems: Applications to Electronic Newsgroups. C. Meier, Doing "Groupness" in a Spatially Distributed Work Group: The Case of Videoconferences at Technics. C. Stohl, L.L. Putnam, Epilogue: Communication in Bona Fide Groups: A Retrospective and Prospective Account.