Hallelujah! As a PhD student in S&TS interested in pushing the field into more studies of new media, I agree entirely (if from the other direction). There are a handful of people in S&TS doing new media stuff, but not as many as I'd like, and S&TS theory hasn't been adopted as widely as I'd like to see. However, this raises the pertinent question for me, finishing my dissertation this semester and currently on the job market - do you think that doctoral training in S&TS would qualify someone for jobs in the more traditional (and more numerous) homes of new media/cyberculture/what have you studies like communication or comp lit departments? 'Cause I'm looking for a job for next September, and I'd definitely like to know...

Well, much depends on the subject of your dissertation. Since there aren't really any Ph.D.s in new media or cyberculture per se, I think anyone who can demonstrate training and a research agenda is positioned to compete for such jobs.