Similarly to everyone else, I went to google and typed in academic mailing lists because I was unsure of how what and an academic mailing list was and or where to find out information about this issue. I found an extremely good website that contained links to over 20 mailing lists for online communication studies. The website is:

http://www.uiowa.edu/~commstud/resources/listserv.htm

This site allows anyone to become a member of whatever academic mailing list that interests them. I haven't joined yet, but check it out because you might find something there for you.

Cheers
Chad.