Journal For Virtual Worlds Research
Issue Editors: Sun Sun Lim, National University of Singapore; Lynn Schofield Clark, University of Denver, USA.
Virtual worlds have made notable inroads into the lives of children, affording online
extensions of their offline lives.
Virtual worlds have made notable inroads into the lives of children, affording online
extensions of their offline lives.
In this issue - a conceptual framework for understanding the space that virtual worlds occupy in children’s life.
Table of Contents
Issue Editors' Corner
| Virtual worlds as a site of convergence for children’s play | |
| Sun Sun Lim, Lynn Schofield Clark |
Peer Reviewed Research Papers
| Beyond Being There: A Grounded Investigation of the Value of Virtual Worlds for Remote Family Interaction | |
| Lizzy Bleumers, An Jacobs |
| Virtual Epidemics as Learning Laboratories in Virtual Worlds | |
| Yasmin B. Kafai, Nina H. Fefferman |
| Who’s Watching Your Kids? Safety and Surveillance in Virtual Worlds for Children | |
| Eric M. Meyers, Lisa P. Nathan, Kristene Unsworth |
| Making Sense of the Virtual World for Young Children: Estonian Pre-School Teachers’ Experiences and Perceptions | |
| Andra Siibak, Kristi Vinter |
| A Framework for Children’s Participatory Practices in Virtual Worlds | |
| Terhi Tuukkanen, Ahmer Iqbal, Marja Kankaanranta |
Research-in-brief papers
| Penguin Life: A Case Study of One Tween’s Experiences inside Club Penguin | |
| Diana Burley |
| Virtual Junk Food Playgrounds in Europe: Advergames in the UK and Hungary | |
| Arhlene A. Flowers, Katalin Lustyik, Emese Gulyás |
“Think Pieces”
| Growing Up with Neopets: A Personal Case-Study | |
| Stephanie Louise Lu |
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