PERSONALIZED PROMPT

current area of interest: Examining third places in the modern world

In the year 2000, PlayStation 2 ran a two year ad campaign that designated themselves as The Third Place. This statement caught the imagination of the public, even though people weren't clear on what it meant. Is the current use of the term "third place" being redefined, or are Ray Oldenburg's ideas from 1989 unscathed? If third places are adapting digitally, are these virtual spaces used in the same way by the community or does the shift to the digital realm leave behind too many particularities (like face to face contact or food) to resemble its physical predecessors? At what point are we expanding on the original concept or just talking about something new?



On a side note: I enjoyed this parody from theonion.com on the World of World of Warcraft. :)