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 been used to build enviro...
Main Authors: | Suomi, Reima, Mäntymäki, Matti, Söderlund, Sari |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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JMIR Publications
2014-10-01
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Series: | Journal of Medical Internet Research |
Online Access: | http://www.jmir.org/2014/10/e229/ |
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