Review Article: Making, breaking promises? Civic spheres and virtual engagements: Henrik Bang and Anders Esmark (eds), New Publics with/out Democracy, Frederiksberg, Denmark: Samfundslitteratur Press/Nordicom, 2007; 380 pp.: 9788759311493, 348 DKK (pbk) Elizabeth Losh, Virtualpolitik: An Electronic History of Government Media-making in a Time of War, Scandal, Disaster, Miscommunication, and Mistakes, Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2009; xi + 414 pp.: 9780262123044, $29.95 (hbk) Felicia Wu Song, Virtual Communities: Bowling Alone, Online Together, New York: Peter Lang, 2009; xviv + 178 pp.: 9781433103957, US$32.95 (pbk).