how real are virtual worlds
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From a lecture as part of a course on collaborative virtual environments. Part of the thesis here is that despite the apparent newness of graphical virtual worlds, a lot of what happens is an extension of what has already been happening on the internet over the past decade - albeit more graphically!TRANSCRIPT
How real are virtual worlds?
Daniel LivingstoneUniversity of the West of Scotland
1994
Life on the Screen:Identity in the Age ofthe Internet (1997)
Cybercultures reader (2nd Edition 2006)
Medicalization of Cyberspace (2008)http://medicalizationofcyberspace.wordpress.com/
http://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2008/02/ziggy-revealed.htmlhttp://www.virtuallawconference.com/http://virtuallyblind.com/http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/cyberone/
Law andDisorder in
Cyberspace
http://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2008/02/ziggy-revealed.htmlhttp://www.virtuallawconference.com/http://virtuallyblind.com/http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/cyberone/
Crimes against the person
Is there a person in cyberspace to be harmed?Read: A rape in cyberspace by Julian Dibbell
http://secondlife.reuters.com/stories/2006/10/15/us-congress-launchs-probe-into-virtual-economies/http://secondlife.reuters.com/stories/2006/10/15/us-congress-launchs-probe-into-virtual-economies/
Where there are laws... there are politicians
2001: "Indeed, only 16% of MPs have their own websites, and a recent survey described most of those as comically inept."
2007: (Unofficial) Front National HQ opens in Second Life - and is met with vigorous protests
2007: US Congress representative gives press conference in Second Life followed by a presidential candidate
http://www.cofe.anglican.org/worship/dailyprayer/
Faith andSpiritualityUSA TodaySupport for Healing (on YouTube)Yesha in Second Life- Christian Ministrysecondlife://Yesha/171/213/31/
Do virtual worlds enhanceonline worship?
Career and love online: Alayne Wartell's Second Life(Channel 4)
Virtual RelationshipsInfidelity on the Internet
Wonderland: Virtual Adultery and Cyberspace Love
Promoting real environments with virtual ones...
Some ReferencesPolitics: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/1132136.stmhttp://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/03/31/obama-is-first-in-their-second-life/http://www.secondlifeherald.com/slh/2007/04/obama_puppet_in.htmlFront National in SL:http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2007/jan/20/news.francehttp://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2007/01/stronger_than_h.htmlFaith in SL: http://supportforhealing.com/http://www.usatoday.com/tech/gaming/2007-04-01-second-life-religion_N.htmhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/15/AR2007061501902.htmlhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jm9xYWYUxI4Virtual Relationships: http://www.guardian.co.uk/theobserver/2001/jan/21/life1.lifemagazine2http://www.amazon.co.uk/Infidelity-Internet-Virtual-Relationships-Betrayal/dp/1570717222Promoting real environments:Virtual Holland: http://www.ourvirtualholland.nl/enSwedish Embassy in SL: http://www.sweden.se/templates/cs/Article____16345.aspxBusinesses based on real environments: http://www.dublinsl.com/index.php