D. Yvette Wohn

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Outrageous abuse of patents

December 29, 2008by arcticpenguin Leave a comment

I know that patents are abused, but this is outrageous. Virtual World News reports that Worlds.com filed a complaint against NCsoft for infringing on its virtual world and MMO patents. […]

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::Games::, politics & law

Wearing hanbok in Second Life

December 29, 2008by arcticpenguin Leave a comment

Modeling my hanbok (traditional Korean dress) line in Second Life. I designed this line of Korean dresses because when I first joined Second Life in 2006, there were no shops […]

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::3D Virtual Worlds::, fashion

Privacy settings for Twitter

December 28, 2008by arcticpenguin Leave a comment

I wish Twitter had privacy settings, like Flickr. For instance, some things you only want to share with certain people and some things you want to keep to yourself. Well, […]

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::Cyber Culture::

Smart men are hot

December 27, 2008by arcticpenguin 1 Comment

I thought it was weird that I feel a strong physical attraction to super smart men- my heart starts racing, I can barely breathe and my knees get weak. It […]

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being digital, daily doilies

Trading cyber money offline is illegal in Korea, er, unless you earned it fair and square

December 25, 2008by arcticpenguin 1 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

DS goes beyond gaming

December 21, 2008by arcticpenguin Leave a comment

One of the reasons I like the DS is that aside from arcade, many of the games are either simulations or role-playing games. For instance, you don’t see games like […]

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::Games::

TV shows I’m watching

December 21, 2008by arcticpenguin Leave a comment

As a way of relaxing, I usually watch TV as I paint (also a method of relieving stress) but found that a lot of the programs I’m interested in are […]

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daily doilies

Media Re:public

December 19, 2008by arcticpenguin Leave a comment

The final report of Media Re:public, a MacArthur-funded project assessing the state of news in the digital era is now out and downloadable through the Berkman website. I posted a […]

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journalism

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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

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  • 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
2025 Schedule

3/2-5: Future of Games (Dagstuhl, Germany)
4/27-5/1: CHI (Yokohama, Japan)
6/3-6: IMX (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

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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