Do the types of healthcare support groups differ in the worlds of Second Life, Kaneva, There and IMVU? In what worlds are there more groups concerning mental health than disabilities. In what worlds is the opposite true? How does this compare with types of groups in the real world? And why might there be differences?
In my paper “Health Support Groups Compared in Virtual and Non-Virtual Worlds“, I have categorize groups according to abuse, addictions, bereavement, disability, family, health, mental health, and miscellaneous. I compared the percentage of the number of groups and individual memberships in a world with that of other worlds.
I found that while most worlds had similar percentages of groups and memberships, there were also some differences.
This report is an addition to my similar studies:
The Growth and Direction of Healthcare Support Groups in Virtual Worlds
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1 Richard // Oct 27, 2009 at 12:08 pm
Very interesting! Thanks for sharing!
2 DrBob String // Oct 28, 2009 at 2:09 am
Many thanks for all of this info John.
Some light reading ahead
3 Growth of Healthcare Support Groups in Google’s Lively // Nov 20, 2009 at 11:33 pm
[...] collected some data about the various support groups. I feel there is not enough data to use for my previous analysis of other virtual worlds, but I include some of it here for those that are [...]
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