VICE Reporter Cecilia D’Anastasio is looking for SL players re: “identity tourism”. Cecilia has posted the following on the official Second Life forum and in a thread over at SLUniverse :
Hi,
My name is Cecilia and I’m a reporter with VICE. I’m reporting a story about individuals who have changed important aspects of their IRL identity expression because of their experiences with avatars in games like SL.
I’d love to speak with players who have had this experience. I’d appreciate it if you could DM me and we can set up a time to talk.
Thanks so much.
Best,
Cecilia
Exactly what “Identity Tourism” entails isn’t quite explained. The only addition from Cecilia came in a post on SLUniverse :
I understand that many of you would have preferred more information in my original post. If you have any questions, please send me a direct message and I’ll be happy to address them. Thanks so much.
Whereas the thread at SLUniverse has taken a bit of a cynical turn, shall we say, the thread on the official Second Life forum has quite a few people willingly sharing their Second Life experiences.
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