The Growth and Direction of Healthcare Support Groups in Virtual Worlds

摘要: What is the growth and direction of healthcare support groups grow in virtual worlds? Data was collected on over 300 from worlds, Second Life, IMVU, There, Kaneva. A collection non-virtual world added. Similar categories were found to be generally popular across worlds. The percentage issues also analogous between long tail effect shown- only a few had high populations. Group creation rate displayed similar worlds' demographics features suggested account for differences. Limited data availability vague definitions hampered analysis.