Virtual Worlds: Rewiring Your Emotional Future

Virtual Worlds: Rewiring Your Emotional Future is a radically different type of book that both discusses the explosive impact that the proliferation of Virtual Worlds is having on culture, society and business today, and invites readers themselves to actually become contributors to the book, even sharing in future revenues and rights deals. Virtual Worlds and enhanced social networks allow people to explore and experience new universes, while expanding their emotional range and depth, changing the nature of communication, and creating different identities.

A growing number of young people are spending unprecedented amounts of time in a virtual existence. Virtual Worlds are becoming an embedded part of our culture and the implications for every aspect of society are unimaginable. This book discusses the potential that Virtual Worlds have to dramatically alter the emotional code of the human race.

Title: Virtual Worlds: Rewiring Your Emotional Future
Authors: Jack Myers with Jerry Weinstein
ISBN: 978-0-9793887-1-2
Pages: 116 Price: $15.95

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About the Authors:
Jack Myers is editor and publisher of Jack Myers Media Business Report, www.JackMyers.com and www.MediaVillage.com, the online community for intelligent TV fans. He was identified as one of the "1,000 Most Creative Individuals in the U.S" by Who's Really Who and is the recipient of the George Foster Peabody Award, won the Crystal Heart Award from the Heartland Film Festival, and has been nominated for both an Academy and Emmy Award. Myers has consulted with more than 200 leading media companies, agencies and major global marketers on media and marketing trends. The Myers Emotional Connections Research Studies, launched in 1999, have emerged as state-of-the art standards for measuring audiences' emotional connections with media. He is a Board Member of the Newhouse School of Communications at Syracuse University, serves on the Dean's Advisory Board for the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development at New York University, is a member of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, and serves on the boards of several charitable organizations.

Jerry Weinstein is a Harvard alum and former manager of The MIT Press' Bradford Books, a founding imprint in cognitive science, where he published two of the Web's first online books, Moths to the Flame and Noam Chomsky: A Life of Dissent. Weinstein wrote the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation's (GLAAD) bi-weekly newsletter, worked at Urban Box Office; and served as Senior Producer for LiveAdvice, which later became Yahoo!Answers. Weinstein contributes a weekly column to the Jack Myers Media Business Report.

Reviews:
"I start my day by reading Jack Myers newsletter; and it made my day to read his fascinating new book; Virtual Worlds.The book is an interactive experience and will soon grow to be its own interactive Wiki--like database of shared knowledge-- the content he shares is sure to activate lots of interesting discussion--in the real world and the virtual world." -- Ted Leonsis, Vice Chairman AOL, Owner--Washington Capitals; Washington Wizards; Washington Wizards

"If you're looking to understand who these virtual worlds affect and their impact on us and business, you'll be glad you bought this book." -- Vince Thompson, Author of Author of Ignited: Managers! Light Up Your Company and Career for More Power, More Purpose and More Success

"Overall, this book gets a KnowProSE.com 9 out of 10. It isn't for the experts; it was not written for experts. The book was - convincingly - written for the average person who would like to consider a future that has stealthily entered through the front door of millions of people, disguised as entertainment." -- Taran Rampersad, KnowProSE.com

"If your friends or parents don’t understand how or why you are so involved in a virtual world, you may want to consider buying them a copy of this book which might, just might, add a little glow to that light bulb above their head." -- Harold Clay, Virtual World Reality