This special issue of the Jurnal Antropologi Indonesia originated in a suggestion by Nuria W. Soeharto, a student in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Indonesia. She wanted a session on the Internet and Identity included in the 3rd Journal conference scheduled for July, 2002, in Denpasar, Bali. Her interest in the topic flowed from her own experience of and research on the role of the Internet in the Indonesian reformasi of 1998.