Journal of Virtual Worlds Research, Volume 1, Number 3

Journal of Virtual Worlds Research, Volume 1, Number 3: Special Issue on Cultures on Virtual Worlds (Volume 3)

Originally printed online in 2008. Guest editors: Mark Bell, Indiana University, USA Mia Consalvo, Ohio University, USA This issue explores virtual worlds as contingent spaces. We examine them for their reliance on traditional cultural norms and practices, their challenges to such elements, and how they grow and evolve relative to the daily lives of their inhabitants. In every way, virtual worlds are constituted by multiple cultures, culture that is ordinary and everyday, culture that is evolving, confusing, challenging, and possibly dangerous and exhilarating as well. The JVWR aims to lead such study and offer vigorous, sustained discussions about how to best understand what we witness both online and offline in relation to virtual worlds.