Journal of Virtual Worlds Research

The Journal of Virtual Worlds Research is an online, open access academic journal that adheres to the highest standards of peer review and engages established and emerging scholars from anywhere in the world. The Journal of Virtual Worlds Research is a transdisciplinary journal that engages a wide spectrum of scholarship and welcomes contributions from the many disciplines and approaches that intersect virtual worlds research.

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Volume 2, Number 2
Theme: 3D Virtual Worlds for Health and Healthcare
Guest Editors:
Susan Toth-Cohen, Thomas Jefferson University, USA
Simon Bignell, University of Derby, UK
Maged N. Kamel Boulos, University of Plymouth, UK
Deadline for Abstracts: 20 January 2009
To be Published: May 2009
Call For Papers


Volume 2, Number 3
Theme: Virtual Worlds: Technology, Economy, and Standards
Guest Editors:
Yesha Sivan, Metaverse Laboratories & Shenkar College, Israel
J.H.A. (Jean) Gelissen, Philips Research
Deadline for Abstracts: 20 March 2009
To be Published: September 2009
Call For Papers


Volume 2, Number 4
Theme: Virtual Economies, Virtual Goods and Service Delivery in Virtual Worlds
Guest Editors:
Mandy Salomon, Smart Services CRC, Australia
Serge Soudoplatoff, ESCP-EAP / Hetic, France
Deadline for Abstracts: 15 June 2009
To be Published: November 2009
Call For Papers


Volume 2, Number 5
Theme: The Metaverse Assembled
Guest Editors:
D. Linda Garcia, Georgetown University, USA
Hanan Gazit, MetaverSense Ltd and H.I.T-Holon Institute of Technology, Israel
Garrison LeMasters, Georgetown University, USA
Deadline for Abstracts: 30 March 2009
To be Published: December 2009/January 2010
Call For Papers


Volume 3, Number 1
Theme: Research Methods for Virtual Worlds
Guest Editors:
Elizabeth Dean, RTI, USA
Tracy Tuten, Longwood University, USA
Deadline for Abstracts: 15 September 2009
To be Published: February 2010
Call For Papers (Forthcoming)


Volume 3, Number 2
Theme: Government and Virtual Worlds
Guest Editors:
Paulette Robinson and Michael Piller
National Defense University, USA
Deadline for Abstracts: 20 November 2009
To be Published: May 2010
Call For Papers


Volume 3, Number 3
Theme: Virtual Worlds for Kids
Guest Editors:
Sun Sun Lim, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Lynn Schofield Clark, University of Denver, USA
Deadline for Abstracts: 20 October 2009
To be Published: September 2010
Call For Papers

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Singapore Internet Research Centre

Texas Digital Libraries

Dept. of Radio, TV & Film - U. of Texas at Austin

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Virtual Worlds Research Consortium

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Virtual Worlds Research: Global X Local Agendas

Gilson Schwartz

Abstract

This is a brief essay, we call "think-pieces", designed to stimulate a discussion on a particular topic. For this series of essays we propose the following question:

"Consumer behavior in virtual worlds, is it really any different to the real world, or is it simply a case of 'old wine in a new bottle'?"

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