What is “A Better World In Second life”? A brief explanation of “A second life” would be, it is a digital world completely built and owned by its residents. Running on a distributed grid of over 1000 machines, Second Life allows residents to collaboratively create everything from their own bodies, structures, and vehicles to social groups, games, and experiences. It is a machinima documentary about how real-world activists are using Second Life as a platform for social and political activism.
The genocide in Darfur is the destruction of an entire race in Africa for no tangible reason, very much like the holocaust. What interests me about this specific activist project is that they have discussion groups regarding this horrible situation and Second Life members join this group via the program daily in a place called Better World Island. I believe that this digital world can and will affect the non – virtual world because the Internet is one of the major tools of communicating with other people, and advertising. Using this digital world, people from all over the country, even the globe, can correspond with each-other regarding this particular project or many others and act upon their beliefs and allow the world to hear their opinion.
Another activist project which i am familiar with is AIPEC. AIPEC is an organization that that lobbies for American/Israel relationships. In my opinion, protesting or spreading the word on college campus' is one of the best ways to get a message across and inform the public accordingly. Targeting the college age is the most effective because they are the most susceptible to different view points and objectives…they’re still trying to figure things out and their minds are sponges when it comes down to psychographics.
Abraham Dwek
After getting responses from all over the world on a particular crisis, how exactly do they intend to act upon them? Who will lead?
ReplyDeleteSince its inception (Second Life), has there been any positive results or actions taken on any topics?
That would be interesting to know !!!!
That is my issue/question too, how do people act on the issues that comes up in second life? can people take the fight from the virtual world to the real world? some people are to connected to the virtual world.
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