Dear Fellow List-owners: Many of us are implicitly or explicitly involved in the study/use of computer-mediated-communications (CMC). Here are some references to journal articles that would no doubt interest you. /Pete Weiss -- Penn State - - The original note follows - - Published by the Department of Education University of Maryland Baltimore County Additional support provided Georgetown University 1. Letter from the Editor As many of you know, IPCT-J s original editor, Gerald M. Phillips (GMP), passed away on April 26th, 1995. Since that time, we have received numerous requests to dedicate an IPCT-J issue to him. In response to those requests, we are publishing two articles in this issue about GMP and his work in computer-mediated-communication (CMC). The first article, titled _Creating a Real Group in a Virtual World_ is a transcription of GMP's last public lecture. In this article, GMP describes how he became involved with using computers as a medium for teaching. His story is a personal history from an early educational pioneer in CMC. GMP's perspective should be of particular interest to people using CMC in educational contexts. To retrieve this article GET GMP1.IPCTV3N4 In contrast to educational CMC, the second article describes social interactions. It is adapted from a book that GMP and I were working on at the time of his death. GMP's most recent research was on internet interpersonal relationships. In this article, _Is Your Epal an Ax Murder?_, we explore his observation that internet correspondence is real and not virtual. Moreover, we discuss some of the consequences that occur from making online friendships. To retrieve this article GET GMP2.IPCTV3N4 -- Retrieval Instructions for Articles Articles are stored as files at [log in to unmask]