John Edwards’ campaign has stood out from the others for some time now for the fact that it has embraced the online game “Second Life” and set up a campaign headquarters in the game’s virtual world. The French National Party was the first political organization to establish a presence in “Second Life,” Julie Barko Germany, deputy director for The Institute for Politics Democracy & the Internet at George Washington University told TechNewsWorld, but “the exchange of ideas has been a part of ‘Second Life’ from the beginning.”
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Campaign 2.0, Part 3: Stumping in Alternate Realities
Posted by: Katherine Noyes April 6, 2007 04:00 AMJohn Edwards’ campaign has stood out from the others for some time now for the fact that it has embraced the online game “Second Life” and set up a campaign headquarters in the game’s virtual world. The French National Party was the first political organization to establish a presence in “Second Life,” Julie Barko Germany, deputy director for The Institute for Politics Democracy & the Internet at George Washington University told TechNewsWorld, but “the exchange of ideas has been a part of ‘Second Life’ from the beginning.”