Announcing the Journal of Virtual Worlds Research

The Journal of Virtual Worlds Research is a online, open access, peer-reviewed, transdisciplinary, academic journal, which engages established and emerging scholars from anywhere in the world. Web site: http://jvwr.org

A flyer is available to download: http://jvwr.org/jvwr_flyer.pdf

The announcement on the Journal website is:
http://jvwr.org/ojs/index.php/jvwr/announcement/view/3

Open Calls for Papers:
1st edition’s theme: “Virtual Worlds Research: Past, Present & Future”
Due date: June 1, 2008

2nd edition’s theme: “Social identity and Consumer Behavior in Virtual Worlds”
Due date: August 15, 2008

3rd edition’s theme: “Cultures of Virtual Worlds”
Due date: September 30, 2008

4th edition’s theme: “Pedagogy, Education and Innovation in Virtual Worlds”
Due December 15, 2008

Editorial Board:
Steve Jones (UIC), Jorge Peña (UT-Austin), Allucquere Rosanne Stone (ACTlab / UTAustin), Joseph Straubhaar (UT-Austin), Natalie Wood (St. Joseph’s U.)

Founding Editors:
Jeremiah Spence (UT-Austin), Joseph Lopez (ACTlab / UT-Austin)

Founding Associate Editors:
Suely Fragoso (Unisinos), Joe Sanchez (UTAustin), Amanda Salomon (Swinburn U. of Tech), Henry Segerman (UT-Austin), Yesha Sivan (Shenkar College), Stephanie Smith (NASA), Caja Thimm (U. of Bonn)

Thank you.

I just wanted to extend a thanks to everyone involved.

Chris Terry
UW-Madison

Skype Public Chat Room for Jones talk is Open

Check it out at:
http://www.skype.com/go/joinpublicchat?skypename=soup_twin1&topic=New%20Media%20Worlds-Steve%20Jones&blob=BtZY_F4Wcje_0k5MWJQ8CSt-i0fbNVyXijNs2gHyqc0QZ73cZoe5SGoE1LgixBslrccJ5g

Gateway to Second Life: Steve Jones Key Note-Sunday

For any secondlifers at the conference who would like to join Steve Jones's talk in world tomorrow please access the following link to the Creative Commons amphitheater where the talk will be held.

Conference Schedule

Only 4 days till the New Media Worlds conference goes live. Below is synopsis of the scheduled program:


Friday, February 29
1:00 - 3:00 – Registration and Social -MSC 230
3:00 – 3:30 – Opening Address and Remarks -MSC 201

3:45 - 5:15 – Session 1
1.1 - New Technologies, New Political Communication – MSC 201
1.2 - New & Old Geographies of Space & Place – MSC 228
1.3 - Production and Reception of Games and Websites – MSC 229

5:15 - 6:00 – Break
6:00 – 7:00 – Dinner
7:00 – 8:00 – Keynote Speaker: Lawrence Grossberg - University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill-“Reconstructing the Popular, Deconstructing the Media” -MSC 206


Saturday, March 1
8:30 – 9:00 – Registration and Social -MSC 230

9:00 – 10:30 – Session 2
2.1 - Political Communication and the Web -MSC 201
2.2 - Historical Perspectives (Part 1) -MSC 228
2.3 - Media and Religion - MSC 229
2.4 - Media Economics & the Production of Culture -BOLTON 003

10:45 – 11:45 – Keynote Speaker: Vincent Mosco - Queen’s University, Ontario-“The Laboring of Communication: Will New Media Workers of the World Unite?”-MSC 201

12:00 – 1:00 – Lunch

1:00 – 2:00 – Keynote Speaker: Ellen Seiter – University of Southern California-“Aliens in America: Putting U.S.-Arab Relations on the Media Studies Agenda” -MSC 206

2:15 – 3:45 – Session 3
3.1 - Transnationality, Space & Place -MSC 201
3.2 - Historical Perspectives (Part 2) -MSC 228
3.3 - New Media, Alternative Media, Journalism & the Public -MSC 229
3.4 - Music, Mobility, & Online Networks -BOLTON 003

4:00 – 5:30 - Session 4
4.1 - Civic Life, Rhetoric, and Argument Online and Off -MSC 201
4.2 - Copyright, Law & Policy -MSC 228
4.3 - International, Transnational, and Comparative Studies (Part 1) -MSC 229
4.4 - Radio in New Media Worlds -BOLTON 003

5:30 – 7:00 – Break
7:00 – 10:00 – Dinner and Social


Sunday, March 2
8:30 – 9:00 – Registration and Social -MSC 230
9:00 – 10:00 – Keynote Speaker: Steve Jones - University of Illinois, Chicago-“Tele-immersion, Communication, and Disbelief” -MSC 201

10:15 – 11:45 – Session 5
5.1 - New Developments in Media Theory -MSC 201
5.2 - International, Transnational, and Comparative Studies (Part 1) -MSC 228
5.3 - Exploring New Technologies of Interaction -MSC 229

12:00 – 1:00 – Plenary Roundtable-Setting a New Agenda for Media Studies -MSC 201
1:00 – 2:00 – Lunch

Welcome to Exploring New Media Worlds

Only 8 days till the exciting launch of the Exploring New Media Worlds conference!