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Dear AIS members<span style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif">,</span><div><div class="h5"><br>
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We are happy to announce the publication of:<br>
<span style="color:#666;font-size:18px;font-style:normal;font-weight:lighter;letter-spacing:1px;line-height:100%"><strong>Volume 5, Number 1: Assembled 2012</strong></span></div></div></div><div><div class="h5">
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The editorial team for this issue:</div>
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<b>David Kurt Herold, </b>Department of Applied Social Sciences, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong</li>
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<strong>Shailey Minocha</strong>, Department of Computing, The Open University,UK</li>
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<b>Natalia Rybas</b>, Department of Communication Studies, Indiana University East, USA</li>
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Despite differences in topics, style, and methodologies, all the papers in this assembled issue share the desire to see virtual worlds researched in far greater depth.</div>
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<a href="http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb708&id=04762bf406&e=4ef1ac0778" style="color:#333;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;font-style:normal;text-transform:underline" target="_blank"><strong>Managing Editor’s Corner: Welcome to First Issue of 2012</strong></a><br>
Yesha Y. Sivan</li>
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<a href="http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb708&id=edc85bffe6&e=4ef1ac0778" style="color:#333;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;font-style:normal;text-transform:underline" target="_blank"><strong>Issue Editors' Corner: An Assembled Issue</strong></a><br>
David Kurt Herold, Shailey Minocha, Natalia Rybas</li>
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<a href="http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb708&id=7ea80acb7b&e=4ef1ac0778" style="color:#333;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;font-style:normal;text-transform:underline" target="_blank"><b>Who is Portrayed in Second Life: Dr. Jekyll or Mr. Hyde? The Extent of Congruence Between Real Life and Virtual Identity</b></a><br>
Bernadett Koles, Peter Nagy</li>
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<a href="http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb708&id=60d833b31f&e=4ef1ac0778" style="color:#333;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;font-style:normal;text-transform:underline" target="_blank"><b>Samarita Ibanez: An Identity Journey from First Life to Second</b></a><br>
Samara Mamatovna Anarbaeva</li>
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<a href="http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb708&id=399352d33e&e=4ef1ac0778" style="color:#333;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;font-style:normal;text-transform:underline" target="_blank"><b>Between Purpose and Method: A Review of Educational Research on 3D Virtual Worlds</b></a><br>
Sahoon H. Kim, Jiyeon Lee Lee, Michael K. Thomas</li>
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<b><a href="http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb708&id=9011cf028a&e=4ef1ac0778" style="color:#333;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;font-style:normal;text-transform:underline" target="_blank">Second Life and Academia – Reframing the Debate between Supporters and Critics</a></b><br>
David Kurt Herold</li>
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<a href="http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb708&id=3df70d99d7&e=4ef1ac0778" style="color:#333;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;font-style:normal;text-transform:underline" target="_blank"><b>How do People with Disability Use and Experience Virtual Worlds and ICT: A Literature Review</b></a><br>
Karen Stendal</li>
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Let me conclude with few notes on this first issue of 2012 which opens our fifth year. This year we focus on JVWR
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international expansion.<br>
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This issue was led by David Herold from Hong Kong, teamed with Shaily Minocha from UK and Natalia Rybas from the US.</li>
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Our next issue will be led by Ken Lim from Singapore;</li>
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This month, May 2012, JVWR will host a Special Seminar on Virtuality as a Frontier for MIS Research as part of AIS affiliated Eleventh Wuhan International Conference on E-Business, in Wuhan, China;</li>
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We connected with MCIS 2012 with a special track on Real Virtual Worlds and Serious Games, September 2012, Guimarães, Portugal;</li>
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We connected with the HICSS conference for a special issue on Q3 2013 to be headed by Imed Boughzala, Institut Mines-Telecom, France;</li>
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We are also happy to let you know of the following:<br>
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Our web site includes now a special page on<strong> <a href="http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb708&id=a96477e127&e=4ef1ac0778" style="color:#333;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;font-style:normal;text-transform:underline" target="_blank">events</a></strong> in our field.</li>
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We have a special page that includes a cover view of all our <a href="http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb708&id=9a32fec7e0&e=4ef1ac0778" style="color:#333;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;font-style:normal;text-transform:underline" target="_blank">past issues</a>.</li>
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You welcome you to join our Facebook page (search “Journal of Virtual Worlds Research”)</li>
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And/or subscribe to our mailing list (on the top left of <a href="http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb708&id=ba2140f3ba&e=4ef1ac0778" style="color:#333;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;font-style:normal;text-transform:underline" target="_blank">http://www.jvwreserach.org</a>).</li>
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Cover art is an avatar design by Elif Ayiter, aka Alpha Auer.</li>
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Wishing you all interesting reading and joyful journey in the Journal of Virtual Worlds Research,<br>
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Tzafnat Shpak</div>
Coordinating Editor<br>
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Prof. Yesha Y. Sivan</div>
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