Academia must have discovered the Internets by now... right? I'm interested in finding some academic, long-form journalism, or just generally "high-thought" articles about "low" Internet culture, from memes to 4chan to Anonymous to Second Life. Halp?! [more inside]
posted by Keter on May 6, 2009 - 16 answers

The sadness of Second Life, if you know any examples. Bad things that have happened in there, stats about why people leave, anecdotes about what's wrong with it, etc. [more inside]
posted by cloudscratcher on May 31, 2007 - 18 answers

Are there real/virtual worlds yet? [more inside]
posted by Kickstart70 on Apr 8, 2006 - 10 answers