1000+ subscribers for ECREA mailing list

The open access ECREA mailing list has now exceeded the magical number of 1000 subscribers. This list is a free service to the entire communication and media studies community.

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With its 1000+ subscribers, the ECREA mailing list has grown to be a vital tool for the dissemination of information, mainly about academic conferences, but also about job opportunities and new publications.

The subscribers of the mailing list have email addresses originating from a wide variety of states and nations. Disregarding the .com addresses (whose origins cannot be traced), the largest groups are: .uk (84), .be (82), .edu (76), .de (70), .fi (68), .es (62) and .nl (40).

This is the full overview:
ar: 2 / at: 10 / au: 13 / be: 82 / br: 2 / ca: 6 / cat: 4 / ch: 31 / co: 1 / com: 169 / cy: 1 / cz: 1 / de: 70 / dk: 30 / edu: 76 / ee: 8 / es: 62 / eu: 3 / fi: 68 / fm: 1 / fr: 24 / gr: 14 / hr: 2 / hu: 14 / ie: 11 / il: 9 / in: 1 / info: 1 / it: 20 / lb: 1 / lv: 1 / mk: 1 / mo: 1 / mt: 1 / mx: 2 / net: 25 / nl: 40 / no: 21 / nz: 2 / org: 15 / pl: 9 / pt: 6 / ro: 1 / ru: 9 / se: 29 / si: 5 / sn: 1 / tr: 21 / tw: 2 / uk: 84 / yu: 2 / za: 2 / zw: 1.

In the first half of 2007 about 500 messages were sent to the list, and distributed to its members.