Sweedish Connection

I've been meeting with my group partners in SL lately, yesterday I met up with Maya from the UK and another girl from Pisa Italy. The one from Italy works on tuberculosis at her college and the other was working for her masters. We talked about social interaction in second life compared to skype. We also talked about some of the issues of SL including language barriers.
I couldn't give put in my presentation at the end though, I left for my next class 15 minutes early.

Introduction Research paper

Social interactions are the acts of two or more people who are both engaged towards each other. These acts or actions take on one set of similarities when carried out in person and another when two or more individuals are in a virtual environment. The social interactions have similarities between these two categories and also have individual benefits. Both the environments of Second Life(SL) and of everyday life have the necessity of social interaction in order to accopmlish task and humans have the need for social interaction in general. What advantages, disadvantages, and similarities are their with face to face interactions compared to interactions in SL?

Murrell Smith Research Paper
I. INTRODUCTION - What advantages and disadvantages are their with face to face
interactions compared to interactions in SL and other forms of
communication.
II. BODY – Pros,more confidence,can be in different locations,more people
can communicate at once,virtual expressions Cons, lack of detailed
facial expressions, can be awkward,
A. Advantages of SL social interaction
1. Confidence
a. more outgoing
b. less embarrassment
2. Brings people from different locations together
a. Easier to group up over internet
i. More people can be in discussion with chat in typing
b. Can have international groups meet efficiently
3. Virtual Expressions
a. Avatar movement
b. Can feel realistic
B. Advantages of face to face
1. Facial Expressions
a. Nuances of physcial communication
i.Genuine reactions
ii.Eye Contact
2. Can be less awkward than meeting online
3. Physical Contact
C. Compared with other forms of Communication
1. Feels much more in-person than voice only
2. SL is real time and IM, is faster than email
3. Headsets give perception reality
III. CONCLUSION
A. Analytical summary
1. Pros SL
2. Pros of in person
3. Pros of SL to alternative forms
B. Thesis reworded
C. Concluding statement

Research Question

What advantages and disadvantages are their with face to face interactions compared to interactions in SL.