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Category Archives: being digital

About cyberspace, games, digital life, Second Life, etc.

Excellent game design on BTS Run episodes 145-147

August 10, 2021by arcticpenguin Leave a comment

The team that designed the game in the #BTS Run episodes 145-7 deserves an award in game design. It is like escape room meets LARPing/social deception and is a wonderful […]

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::Games::

Discussing gaming and social media on podcast

May 22, 2020by arcticpenguin Leave a comment

I was a guest on the podchaser podcast- was a lot of fun! “Some questions she answered were “what she thinks about the virtual concerts in Fortnite, and why Epic […]

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::Games::, ::Social Media::

New Mozilla grant!

December 8, 2017by arcticpenguin Leave a comment

On the heels of a presentation at the All Things Moderation conference, where I talked about ongoing work related to the emotional tolls of human moderators who moderate small streams on Twitch, […]

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being digital, daily doilies

Copying Designs from Instagram Without Attribution: Where do you draw the line?

July 28, 2017by arcticpenguin Leave a comment

The accounts I follow on Instagram reflect two passions of mine: fantasy haute couture and cute baked goods. I follow less than a hundred of accounts related to these themes […]

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::Social Media::, fashion, food

Remembering a fallen ape in the virtual world

September 13, 2016by arcticpenguin Leave a comment

Harambe was a gorilla who was shot at the Cincinnati Zoo after a four year old boy fell into the moat of the Gorilla World exhibit. Many people  were upset […]

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::Cyber Culture::, ::Games::

5 Suggestions for AirBnB

January 4, 2016by arcticpenguin Leave a comment

To help people find their perfect short-term rental, there could be some additional things in the search engine and host profile that could help facilitate the perfect match. Of course […]

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::Gadgets/Services::

Richard Prince Does it Again

May 29, 2015by arcticpenguin Leave a comment

Richard Prince, the lord of repurposing other people’s artwork, has done it again. I’ve written about his work a couple times before (here, and here) but this time, Prince took […]

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::Cyber Culture::, art & architecture

Dudes in Distress- Trend of women saving men in casual games

January 4, 2015by arcticpenguin 1 Comment

As a subscriber of Bigfishgames, I play a lot of casual games. Most games I play for only one hour or less (until the end of the demo mode) and […]

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::Games::

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YvetteWohn

D.Y. Wohn, Ph.D.

Dr. Wohn (she/her) is an associate professor at NJIT and director of the Social Interaction Lab (socialinteractionlab.com). Her research is in the area of Human Computer Interaction (HCI) where she studies the characteristics and consequences of social interactions in online environments such as livestreaming, esports, virtual worlds, and social media.

Funded by the National Science Foundation, Mozilla Foundation, and Yahoo, her main projects examine 1) content moderation, online harassment and the creation/maintenance of online safe spaces, 2) social exchange in digital economies & digital patronage (creator-supporter dynamics), and 3) news consumption via social media.

Blog Posts

  • art & architecture
  • being digital
    • ::3D Virtual Worlds::
    • ::Cyber Culture::
    • ::Gadgets/Services::
    • ::Games::
    • ::Mobile Culture::
    • ::Social Media::
  • daily doilies
  • fashion
  • fiction:surrealism
  • food
  • journalism
  • natural science
  • politics & law
2023 Talks

1/8-11: GROUP (Hilton Head)
4/23-8: CHI (Hamburg)
5/25/-29: ICA (Toronto)

Blog Posts

  • art & architecture
  • being digital
    • ::3D Virtual Worlds::
    • ::Cyber Culture::
    • ::Gadgets/Services::
    • ::Games::
    • ::Mobile Culture::
    • ::Social Media::
  • daily doilies
  • fashion
  • fiction:surrealism
  • food
  • journalism
  • natural science
  • politics & law

Most Recent Posts

  • Indigo by RM album review
  • UNICEF Report
  • Pew Metaverse Report
  • Discussing mental health on livestreams

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