Abstract
This presentation tracks the community building practices of "e- vangelists" in Second Life, a virtual world possessing autonomous, but integrated (networked) communities. Using in-world ethnographic research and in-world and "Real Life" in-person interviews of e-vangelicals including the Second Life religious community builder Sonic Rang of Eternal Creations, I report on how many Web 2.0 religious leaders describe their use of SL to conduct online worship services, their "mission" as cyber-Christians, and the future of e-vangelism in an evolving new media ecology. The presentation will include in-world Second Life photographs.
Details
On Thursday 12/6, I will present an examination of my work thus far on this project (which I plan on continuing through years end in order to observe the community during their most holy day). My presentation will include media created by e-vangelical community builders and my own in-world photography. The presentation will be organized, like our course, into five units (post-humanism, design, friction, the network society, and force) that represent ways of explaining new media ecology.
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