D. Yvette Wohn

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$1.5 million collaborative project on content moderation

September 26, 2019by arcticpenguin Leave a comment

Very pleased and honored to work with colleagues at NJIT, UCLA and University of Michigan to study content moderation with a new grant from the National Science Foundation. Our university […]

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Silicon Valley talks

September 7, 2019by arcticpenguin Leave a comment

I was very fortunate to be able to visit the Bay area to catch up with friends and give a couple talks. Since most of my friends are either in […]

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Content moderation talks in Korea

August 21, 2019by arcticpenguin Leave a comment

This summer, I gave several talks related to content moderation on live streaming platforms in Korea, discussing the opportunities and limitations of AI. In particular, AI + X was a […]

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ICA

June 3, 2019by arcticpenguin Leave a comment

Jira Uttarapong and Dr. Wohn attended the International Communication Association annual conference in Washington D.C. At the Games Anteconference, Jira presented ongoing research on eSports commentators- she was the youngest […]

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Volunteer Twitch Mods: How they get involved, their roles, and the emotional labor they experience

March 25, 2019by arcticpenguin Leave a comment

Remember when you were a kid, you would come home from school and your room would be “magically” clean? Now that I am an adult I know that it is […]

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Product placement in a mobile game: Sugarfina meets Cooking Craze

February 1, 2019by arcticpenguin Leave a comment

Product placements are not that common in games and even when done, are not done very well. However, Cooking Craze’s new 14 day “event” that comes just in time for […]

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Guest on Dotcomplicated

November 29, 2018by arcticpenguin Leave a comment

I was a guest on Randi Zuckerberg’s radio show Dotcomplicated yesterday on the Sirius XM business channel. Had a great time talking about all sorts of things related to human […]

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Faculty spotlight in NJIT news

September 21, 2018by arcticpenguin Leave a comment

The NJIT news office made a short video and write-up about my research on content moderation. The camera really does add a thousand pounds.

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D.Y. Wohn, Ph.D.

Dr. Wohn is an assistant 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 role of algorithms and social interactions in livestreaming, esports, gaming, 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 of safe spaces, 2) social exchange in digital economies, which include the transactions of emotional, informational, and financial support, and 3) news consumption via social media.

2020 Conferences/ Talks

1/7: KIST
6/21: HCI International

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