D. Yvette Wohn

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Category Archives: ::Cyber Culture::

Arrested for Twtpoll! Man who did political survey through Twitter is charged with election law violation

April 30, 2010by arcticpenguin Leave a comment

A 43-year old man in South Korea was arrested by police on April 30 for alleged illegal election activity, Korean media sources report. (Being arrested in Korea does not mean […]

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::Cyber Culture::, politics & law

Getting news from your social networks

March 1, 2010by arcticpenguin 2 Comments

About a week ago, I was telling my colleague about how we should do a study about how social network sites are increasingly becoming people’s initial (if not primary) news […]

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::Cyber Culture::, journalism

No longer Tweeting about (just) me

November 28, 2009by arcticpenguin Leave a comment

When Twitter first started, the question was “What are you doing? (reply in 140 characters or less)” Many took the question literally. So there were a lot of people writing […]

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::Cyber Culture::

Facebook is slow in developing microtransactions content

October 23, 2009by arcticpenguin Leave a comment

Facebook announced that it is now selling music; a move that I believe took extremely long, given that music was a huge driving force for Myspace and Cyworld. I sometimes […]

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::Cyber Culture::

Are Digital brats are middle aged?

June 27, 2009by arcticpenguin Leave a comment

I am beginning to notice that the digital brat phenomena is not so prevalent among younger users of technology. In fact, not only are young people more adept at using […]

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::Cyber Culture::, daily doilies

Cosplay at Anime Boston 2009

May 27, 2009by arcticpenguin Leave a comment

Just posted article on Cosplay at Playaslife.com…also posted photos on flickr. Youngest cosplayer: 4 months old

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::Cyber Culture::, daily doilies

Koreans ‘nuts’ over Cyworld

May 15, 2009by arcticpenguin 1 Comment

Getting nostalgic…I found this article I wrote in 2004 about how everyone in Korea was using the social networking site Cyworld. At the time I wrote it, I thought it […]

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::Cyber Culture::

Government in Virtual Worlds

April 19, 2009by arcticpenguin Leave a comment

Is it ironic that the Internet is a free, open environment, close to anarchy when it comes to the governance of web sites, and yet the more successful ones tend […]

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::Cyber Culture::

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D.Yvette 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/metaverse, 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) identity and online self-presentation

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  • 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
2025 Schedule

3/2-5: Future of Games (Dagstuhl, Germany)
4/27-5/1: CHI (Yokohama, Japan)
6/3-6: IMX (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

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

  • New research on how music fans feel about AI- generated fan content
  • Chi 2025
  • Judging for sigchi design jam
  • Op-eds in 2024

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