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Category Archives: ::Games::

Detecting personality from how people customize their virtual city

August 24, 2012by arcticpenguin 2 Comments

After two years of rejections from very traditional psychology journals, I’m very pleased to report that my paper on spatial customization and personality has been finally accepted for publication at […]

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Cultural differences in how we play social network games

April 21, 2012by arcticpenguin Leave a comment

My colleague Yu-Hao and I have a new article out in Computers in Human Behavior about how cultural orientation affects people’s motivations to play social network games and how they […]

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Designing games for pigs (and humans!): Interview with team behind the “Playing with Pigs” project

January 24, 2012by arcticpenguin 1 Comment

Check out my interview with designers/researchers of Pig Chase at Play As Life: Designing games for pigs (and humans!): Interview with team behind the “Playing with Pigs” project.

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Are parents (not videogames) making kids violent?

January 8, 2012by arcticpenguin 1 Comment

The media is constantly blaming violent video games, claiming that they make children violent. Although there is not much scientific evidence proving this is true– some people would argue that […]

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An underlying explanation for why Zynga risks talent drain

November 28, 2011by arcticpenguin Leave a comment

This NYT article talks about how the aggressive culture at Zynga may pressure employees to leave. In short, the article suggests that employees of Zynga are unhappy because of: Long […]

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The Sims Social: Where do you draw the line at “love”?

September 2, 2011by arcticpenguin Leave a comment

(cross-posted on Play As Life) Let’s talk about faux-social: if you thought Zynga was being “bad” by encouraging social interactions among players, EA should be arrested for making social interactions […]

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Casual Connect: Live-blogging, reflections on Sean Ryans’ talk

July 19, 2011by arcticpenguin Leave a comment

I’m currently at Casual Connect, an industry conference for casual game developers. I’m here as a photographer, but mostly attending sessions that pique my interest as a researcher. Here are […]

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Stupidest question in the world: Do violent games make kids violent?

July 7, 2011by arcticpenguin 1 Comment

I don’t do research on games and violence, but I can’t help but get so annoyed when I read about so-called “disputes” on whether or not violent games make kids […]

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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.

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    • ::3D Virtual Worlds::
    • ::Cyber Culture::
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    • ::Games::
    • ::Mobile Culture::
    • ::Social Media::
  • daily doilies
  • fashion
  • fiction:surrealism
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  • natural science
  • politics & law

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