Four Corners." A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Virtual World(underlined). 2007. 19 Mar. 2007
In the Introduction of the web page, it goes in to talking about how fast growing the virtual world has become. The virtual world is expanding into other companies such as NASA and sony for their Playstation three. These companies are using the virtual world in order to expand the social network to a variety of persons. Another reason for the rapid growing of the virtual world is to spread information, such as education. The economy of second life is thriving and doing so well there is really no reason why it would not grow in the future. Virtual worlds are place people can escape and get away from reality to create an alternate reality in which they live their dreams.
Evaluation
The purpose of the Website is to inform people about Second Life. It also has a second purpose to try to persuade viewers to get try Second Life out. The biased is that the website does try to sell Second Life to viewers more than it tries to keep a balance of good vs. bad information. Although the website does do a good job of giving information about both sides. The information is not up to date however the information is still a good source for general facts about Second Life. The last update was in 2007 and the present year is 2010. The instructor Mrs. Crawford required me and my peers to go to this particular website. This information is directly relative to any questions I had and therefore it is a very appropriate source for anyone to go to if they are interested in learning about Second Life for the first time.
You Only Live Twice(underlined). Dir. Sam Doust. Four Corners, 2007.
Summary of Virtual Rules- Real Life Lawyers & Second Life Avatars
In the introduction of the web page, it explains how second life grows the demand for laws and regulations increases. The argue is that in the future, the more laws that are created the longer users of second life will go without breaking the laws. But creating laws imposes an important question about how the laws should effect out of country people. Some lawyers in second life say that it might be difficult to prove crimes that are committed, because the data can be manipulated. Because second life is on the internet there is a problem with figuring out which crimes are in what jurisdiction. Since no one country can claim the internet.
Evaluation
Sam Doust is the producer, developer and designer of Four Corners. The purpose of the film is to inform viewers of how safe Second Life is. The film was biased, because the video had to deal with a topic that critics were asking. Can Second Life protect users from crimes committed in Second Life? Therefore the people in the video had to try to defend Second Life, which makes it biased. The source might be a little out dated by the statistics it gives however the facts of the film remain for the most part true. This source is good, because it answers many questions that skeptics about second life.
