D. Yvette Wohn

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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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NSF grant about content moderation in live streaming

August 13, 2018by arcticpenguin Leave a comment

Received a new NSF grant to study content moderation practices in live streaming: This research will investigate how individuals and small groups handle content moderation real time in the context […]

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VOICE summit participation

July 30, 2018by arcticpenguin Leave a comment

I participated in two panels at VOICE, a voice technology conference that took place at NJIT. In one panel, I was the moderator for a discussion on VOICE in transportation. […]

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Livestreaming shopping @ TVX

July 27, 2018by arcticpenguin Leave a comment

On June 27 PhD student Jie Cai presented a paper on live streaming shopping motivations at ACM TVX, an international conference on interactive television. Read the full paper here: Cai, […]

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Why do people support live streamers?

June 14, 2018by arcticpenguin

I presented a paper on why viewers give emotional and financial support to live streamers at the 2018 ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI). This took place […]

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Interview about why people buy things in Fortnite

May 11, 2018by arcticpenguin 1 Comment

Was interviewed in this article that talks about why people buy things in the game Fortnite: https://morningconsult.com/2018/05/10/fortnite-battle-royale-success-signals-mobile-gamings-future/ For “Fortnite: Battle Royale” players, these in-app purchases are just cosmetic: “skins” that […]

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YvetteWohn

D.Y. Wohn, Ph.D.

Dr. Wohn 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 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.

2021 Conferences/ Talks

1/8-10: Hicss
5/27-31: ICA
6/21-23: IMX

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  • 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

  • Happy holidays
  • Discussing psychology of giving money to streamers on podcast
  • Undergraduate Research Mentoring Award
  • Discussing gaming and social media on podcast

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