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Advisory Editors:
Nancy Baym, University of Kansas, USA
Axel Bruns, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
Edward Castronova, Indiana University, USA
James Gee, Arizona State University, USA
Ang Peng Hwa, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Steve Jones, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
Ralph Schroeder, Oxford Internet Institute, UK
Serge Soudoplatoff, ESCP-EAP / Hetic, France
Joseph Straubhaar, University of Texas at Austin, USA
Francis X. Taney, Jr., Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, PC, USA
Kathleen Tyner, University of Texas at Austin, USA
Natalie Wood, Saint Joseph's University, USA
Editor:
Jeremiah Spence, University of Texas at Austin
Associate Editors:
(Jim) Chee Siang Ang, City University London, UK
Mark Bell, Indiana University, USA
Maged N. Kamel Boulos, University of Plymouth, UK
Connie Cassarino, Center for Advanced Learning, IBM, USA
Myriam Dunn Cavelty, Center for Security Studies, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Aaron Delwiche, Trinity University, USA
Suely Fragoso, Universidade do Vale do Rio do Sinos / Unisinos, Brazil
D. Linda Garcia, Georgetown University, USA
Eric Hackathorn, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, USA
Sun Sun Lim, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Gilson Schwartz, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
Amanda Salomon, Smart Internet Technology CRC, Australia
Yesha Y. Sivan, Shenkar College & Metaverse Labs, Israel
Stephanie Smith, NASA JSC Learning Technologies, USA
Kurt Squire, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Caja Thimm, University of Bonn, Germany
Robert Vinet, Community Chest, France
Guest Editors:
Stephen Carpenter, Texas A&M University, USA
Mia Consalvo, Ohio University, USA
Leslie Jarmon, University of Texas at Austin, USA
Kenneth YT Lim, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Vol. 1, No. 1
Meeting in the Ether
A brief history of virtual worlds as a medium for user-created events
By Bruce Damer
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Another Time, Another Space
Virtual Worlds, Myths and Imagination
By Maria Beatrice Bittarello
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Toward a Definition of "Virtual Worlds"
Defining Virtual Worlds and Virtual Environments
Virtual World and Real World Permeability
Transference of Positive Benefits for Marginalized Gay and Lesbian Populations
By Jonathan Cabiria
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