D. Yvette Wohn

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Category Archives: ::Games::

Vista discriminates poor

October 23, 2008by arcticpenguin Leave a comment

This is yet another post ranting on the negative aspects of having Vista as an operating system. So! I went to the CEX store in Boston today, with high hopes […]

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::Games::

Obama Campaign and Games

October 13, 2008by arcticpenguin Leave a comment

When Alec Ross said that the Obama campaign was “citizen-centered” and that it invested in new media tools, I bet he wasn’t referring to games. But Obama fans have taken […]

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::3D Virtual Worlds::, ::Games::

Blocked- or not?

July 17, 2008by arcticpenguin Leave a comment

While running some tests for the Open Net Initiative while I’m in Korea, I’ve interestingly discovered that most of the sites that are “blocked” for me are not because the […]

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::Gadgets/Services::, ::Games::

evolution of a game portal

May 30, 2008by arcticpenguin Leave a comment

Kongregate is an interesting game portal, somewhat different from the other ones I’ve seen. Its manner of growth, in particular, may be a unique case study. For starters, I found […]

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::Games::

I hate Professor Layton

April 15, 2008by arcticpenguin Leave a comment

I admit it. I hate Professor Layton. Not the game, although the game wasn’t the best I’ve ever played. [More about the game is in my review on Professor Layton, […]

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::Games::

No games for Vista

March 11, 2008by arcticpenguin Leave a comment

As an avid PC game player it annoys me that Vista can’t run most of the games that were made for XP, 2000, etc. Sure, the ones that are being […]

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::Games::

Don’t get mad, get freeware and get even

August 23, 2007by arcticpenguin Leave a comment

It’s been quite a while since the Internet became the unofficial agora of the 21st century, but Web users are now expressing themselves on cyberspace through more than just text […]

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::Games::

The hottest sports action in Korea is computerized

August 13, 2007by arcticpenguin Leave a comment

Some of the hottest sporting action this summer is taking place on computer screens. Crowds of thousands lined the beaches in Busan and Seoul’s Olympic Park recently for separate computer […]

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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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