D. Yvette Wohn

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Category Archives: being digital

About cyberspace, games, digital life, Second Life, etc.

reverie d’Amelie

October 29, 2006by arcticpenguin Leave a comment

If you’ve seen (and liked) the French movie Amelie of Montmartre, starring Audrey Tautou, this gnome shop will probably bring back fond memories. [FxyLdy’s World of Gnomes, at the Moonlight […]

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::3D Virtual Worlds::

Stupid advice for Linden

October 26, 2006by arcticpenguin Leave a comment

Our beloved young professor Rebecca Nesson and Ansible (RL Rodica Buzescu) has appeared in a Boston Globe article which deals with cyber identities. (This is not her first media appearance […]

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::3D Virtual Worlds::, being digital

Halloween Scavenger Hunt

October 25, 2006by arcticpenguin Leave a comment

One of my recent revels in SL was to take part in a scavenger hunt that involved prowling around the entire village. Unfortunately, some images in the castle and abandoned […]

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::3D Virtual Worlds::

Emerging designer

October 25, 2006by arcticpenguin Leave a comment

I decided to go on a photo shoot (a self-photo shoot, I’m very good at those in RL too) for my Paradise, my first dress with prims. It took me […]

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::3D Virtual Worlds::

Korean players first in world cyber games

October 25, 2006by arcticpenguin Leave a comment

The 2006 World Cyber Games ended last week in Monza, Italy, with Korea emerging as the winner of the most medals. The event was held over five days during which […]

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::Games::

My penguin instructor

October 24, 2006by arcticpenguin Leave a comment

This is Gene, my instructor for Cyber One. In Korea, I would be calling him Prof. Koo, but apparently everyone else addresses him by his first name. It is still […]

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::3D Virtual Worlds::, being digital

Metallic handsets: the latest phone trend

October 23, 2006by arcticpenguin Leave a comment

Metal ― it’s the latest fad in cell phone design. From late last year to early this year, the key word in cell phone marketing was “color.” Handset manufacturers focused […]

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::Gadgets/Services::

Marketers going straight-to-Internet

October 23, 2006by arcticpenguin Leave a comment

Marketers looking to hawk their goods to young Internet-savvy customers are putting their video clips online. In the past, the companies would put the videos on television or in theaters […]

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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

Blog Posts

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  • being digital
    • ::3D Virtual Worlds::
    • ::Cyber Culture::
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    • ::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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