OurVirtualHolland

OurVirtualHolland

OurVirtualHolland (OVH) is one model of civic presence in SL. Sponsored by the financial firm ING, the space is designed to bring together entrepreneurs under the guise of business created community. The question is: what kind of community is actually created in this space? How does national identity play into virtual presence? And, as a business venture (or even PR-quality philanthropy), how successful is the project?

About egordon

This blog documents my research on the growing importance of location, place and space in networked social media. I'm an assistant professor of new media at Emerson College in Boston. Colin Rhinesmith, a graduate student at Emerson, is a major contributor to this blog.
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