D. Yvette Wohn

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Category Archives: ::Games::

The fantasy of Asian men: female images in games

September 25, 2009by arcticpenguin Leave a comment

Asian men have fantasies about women that tend to fall into two drastic stereotypes: the innocent, naive virgin and the mean femme fatale. Healthy, funny, sound-of-mind types (think of what […]

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::Games::

Biased video game studies

August 21, 2009by arcticpenguin 3 Comments

I’ve ranted about this before, but I really hate when social scientists conduct studies that produce results that are obviously going to support what they are looking for due to […]

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::Games::, being digital

Is Machinima Fair?

May 8, 2009by arcticpenguin Leave a comment

I attended a panel at Play Machinima Law, a Stanford conference on machinima law, where the main discussion was trying to figure out if machinima was fair use, and if […]

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::Games::, politics & law

Play As Life!

May 4, 2009by arcticpenguin Leave a comment

Play As Life, a new publication that looks at gaming as a form of play and play as a part of life, is now in beta-launch! (Currently in process of […]

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::Games::

Trading cyber money offline is illegal?

May 1, 2009by arcticpenguin Leave a comment

Of all countries, it angers me that Korea thinks offline trading of cyber money is illegal. According to the wire service Yonhap,   a local court in Busan fined two 30-somethings […]

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::Games::, politics & law

Breeding in Games and Morality

April 23, 2009by arcticpenguin 4 Comments

When you think of it in real life, breeding is a complicated thing that requires time, money, and in many cases, emotional involvement. Any effort made by human beings to […]

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::Games::

Shii– the Wii for Women

April 14, 2009by arcticpenguin Leave a comment

A funny skit from the Belgian comedy M!LF… Because women, of course, love to keep house, give blowjobs, and talk on the phone… and we can never get enough practice.

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::Games::

Will Rockfree become the Club Audition of the US?

March 31, 2009by arcticpenguin Leave a comment

Rockfree is like Rock Band online, only you’re using the keys to navigate instead of an actual instrument. While it has potential because it doesn’t have that many competitors, I […]

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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

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
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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