Finding healthcare support in online communities: An exploration of the evolution and efficacy of virtual support groups

DZ Davis, W Calitz - Handbook on 3D3C platforms: Applications and tools …, 2016 - Springer
Technology has long been blamed for contributing to the breakdown of community and
social capital. Whether it be the advent of airconditioning and automatic garage door …

Social capital in video game studies: A sco** review

H Korkeila - new media & society, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
This study explored how social capital has been utilized in video-game studies by
conducting a sco** review. In total, 74 peer-reviewed publications were analysed from …

Compulsive creativity: virtual worlds, disability, and digital capital

DZ Davis, T Boellstorff - International Journal of Communication, 2016 - ijoc.org
In this article, we analyze the intersection of creativity and agency by examining what might
appear to be a very different intersection: disability and the digital. We do this by exploring …

Making a Case for Virtual Healthcare Communications: Mayo Clinic's Integration of Virtual World Communities in its Social Media Mix

DZ Davis - Case Studies in Strategic Communication, 2014 - cssc-ojs-utexas.tdl.org
This case study reviews current health-related activity in virtual worlds and documents Mayo
Clinics' use of the Second Life virtual environment specifically, externally for develo** …