This article questions the preconceived notions that participants in virtual worlds are essentially consumers. Building on the existing scholarship around virtual worlds and notwithstanding the current character of virtual worlds, this paper explores aspects of End User Licence Agreements and...

The authors interpret the fact that modern kids maturation conditions change as compared to conditions in which their parents grew up as deepening of "the childhood crisis". Modern kids maturation is mediated to a much lesser extent by clear and well-defined development prospects, by close...