The island of press freedom (about the creation of an expert multi-role game for testing the project of a new mass media law)
The article is devoted to the new phenomenon in the world of mass media - the work of the media in virtual environments. Meanwhile, the virtual environment opens new possibilities among which are the possibility to undertake virtual tests of new laws and legislative projects. Today there is a special multi-role game created on the platform Second life aimed to develop and fine-tune the new versions of the mass media law by means of modeling experimental situations in a virtual surrounding. The article also discusses the potential possibility of creating new types of mass media, characterized by an active role of the users and the multiplicity of interpretation of these roles.