D. Yvette Wohn

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Category Archives: ::Cyber Culture::

YouTube from a Child’s Perspective

October 8, 2008by arcticpenguin Leave a comment

R’s little boy is four or five years old, and although he cannot fully read or write, he uses the Internet, mainly to surf YouTube. His main interest is the […]

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::Cyber Culture::

We want REAL journalism

October 4, 2008by arcticpenguin 1 Comment

As a journalist, I cannot be entirely objective about citizen journalism- for starters, I don’t think citizen journalism should be allowed to be considered journalism as all. Although non-journalists have […]

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::Cyber Culture::, journalism

Internet becomes murder weapon

October 4, 2008by arcticpenguin 4 Comments

The recent death of Korean actress Choi Jin-sil shows how the Internet can be used as murder weapon. It is not fair to blame the network itself- as a knife […]

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::Cyber Culture::

Questionable Question Tool

September 25, 2008by arcticpenguin Leave a comment

More conferences and lectures are engaging the use of a liveĀ online question tool (or live interview tool), enabling participants to post comments/questions and reply to other posts. While this is […]

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::Cyber Culture::

Google Gobbles up Korean Blog Developer

September 12, 2008by arcticpenguin 1 Comment

Google announced today (Friday) that it is taking over Tatter & Co. which is famous for its various blogging software. This is the first Korean company that Google has bought, […]

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::Cyber Culture::

Mad crowd opposing mad cows

June 8, 2008by arcticpenguin Leave a comment

The ongoing mass protests regarding the import of U.S. beef is becoming a “culture” that I strongly oppose. (They are not opposed to all U.S. beef. Just those that are […]

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::Cyber Culture::

Laziness, DRM and Freebies

May 26, 2008by arcticpenguin 1 Comment

It’s no surprise that the cable industry is growing despite the availability of allegedly “free” content available on the Web. People want content, but they are also lazy, and sometimes […]

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::3D Virtual Worlds::, ::Cyber Culture::

Political Twittering

May 21, 2008by arcticpenguin 2 Comments

Somewhat disappointing, twittering has become more of a method of communicating what you want people to perceive you as doing instead of what you are actually doing. I find that […]

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::Cyber Culture::, being digital

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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
2026 Schedule

4/13-17: CHI (Barcelona)
4/19-23: Social XR @CWI (Amsterdam)
6/4-6: ICA (Capetown)
7/26-30: HCI International (Montreal)

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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