<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>I thought perhaps some Sudo-Agents would be interested in the Journal of Virtual Worlds Research new issue announcement below.</div><div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">Journal of Virtual Worlds Research <<a href="mailto:tzafnat.shpak@jvwresearch.org">tzafnat.shpak@jvwresearch.org</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><b>Assembled 2012: A New Issue of the Journal of Virtual Worlds Research</b><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">May 18, 2012 8:09:43 AM PDT<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">Eddan <<a href="mailto:eddank@aya.yale.edu">eddank@aya.yale.edu</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Reply-To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">Journal of Virtual Worlds Research <<a href="mailto:tzafnat.shpak@jvwresearch.org">tzafnat.shpak@jvwresearch.org</a>><br></span></div><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; 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font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; ">Eddan,</span><br><br>We are happy to announce the publication of:<br><span class="secondary-headline" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: lighter; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 18px; "><strong>Volume 5, Number 1: Assembled 2012</strong></span></div><div><br>The editorial team for this issue:</div><ul><li><b>David Kurt Herold,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Department of Applied Social Sciences, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong</li><li><strong>Shailey Minocha</strong>, Department of Computing, The Open University,UK</li><li><b>Natalia Rybas</b>, Department of Communication Studies, Indiana University East, USA</li></ul><div>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><div><ul><li><a href="http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb708&id=04762bf406&e=5166180a41" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; font-style: normal; "><strong>Managing Editor’s Corner: Welcome to First Issue of 2012</strong></a><br>Yesha Y. Sivan</li><li><a href="http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb708&id=edc85bffe6&e=5166180a41" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; font-style: normal; "><strong>Issue Editors' Corner: An Assembled Issue</strong></a><br>David Kurt Herold, Shailey Minocha, Natalia Rybas</li><li><a href="http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb708&id=7ea80acb7b&e=5166180a41" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; font-style: normal; "><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><li><a href="http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb708&id=60d833b31f&e=5166180a41" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; font-style: normal; "><b>Samarita Ibanez: An Identity Journey from First Life to Second</b></a><br>Samara Mamatovna Anarbaeva</li><li><a href="http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb708&id=399352d33e&e=5166180a41" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; font-style: normal; "><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><li><b><a href="http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb708&id=9011cf028a&e=5166180a41" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; font-style: normal; ">Second Life and Academia – Reframing the Debate between Supporters and Critics</a></b><br>David Kurt Herold</li><li><a href="http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb708&id=3df70d99d7&e=5166180a41" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; font-style: normal; "><b>How do People with Disability Use and Experience Virtual Worlds and ICT: A Literature Review</b></a><br>Karen Stendal</li></ul>Let me conclude with few notes on this first issue of 2012 which opens our fifth year. This year we focus on JVWR<div>international expansion.<br><ul><li>This issue was led by David Herold from Hong Kong, teamed with Shaily Minocha from UK and Natalia Rybas from the US.</li><li>Our next issue will be led by Ken Lim from Singapore;</li><li>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><li>We connected with MCIS 2012 with a special track on Real Virtual Worlds and Serious Games, September 2012, Guimarães, Portugal;</li><li>We connected with the HICSS conference for a special issue on Q3 2013 to be headed by Imed Boughzala, Institut Mines-Telecom, France;</li></ul>We are also happy to let you know of the following:<br><ul><li>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=5166180a41" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; font-style: normal; ">events</a></strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>in our field.</li><li>We have a special page that includes a cover view of all our<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb708&id=9a32fec7e0&e=5166180a41" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; font-style: normal; ">past issues</a>.</li><li>You welcome you to join our Facebook page (search “Journal of Virtual Worlds Research”)</li><li>And/or subscribe to our mailing list (on the top left of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb708&id=ba2140f3ba&e=5166180a41" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; font-style: normal; ">http://www.jvwreserach.org</a>).</li><li>Cover art is an avatar design by Elif Ayiter, aka Alpha Auer.</li></ul></div></div><div><div>Wishing you all interesting reading and joyful journey in the Journal of Virtual Worlds Research,<br><br>Tzafnat Shpak</div>Coordinating Editor<br><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 165, 0); ">Journal of Virtual Worlds Research</span><br> </div><div>Prof. Yesha Y. 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