Promoting Health in Virtual Worlds: Lessons From Second Life

BackgroundSocial media services can help empower people to take greater responsibility for their health. For example, virtual worlds are media-rich environments that have many technically advantageous characteristics that can be used for Health 2.0 purposes. Second Life has b...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Suomi, Reima, Mäntymäki, Matti, Söderlund, Sari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: JMIR Publications 2014-10-01
Series:Journal of Medical Internet Research
Online Access:http://www.jmir.org/2014/10/e229/