D. Yvette Wohn

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Jupiter, Venus and the Moon

December 1, 2008by arcticpenguin Leave a comment

I was very fortunate to see Jupiter, Venus, and the moon all together just before class. It was entirely by accident. I was walking in Harvard Square and saw a […]

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Google Maps Finally Debuts in Korea

November 25, 2008by arcticpenguin Leave a comment

Google finally announced the release of Google Maps in South Korea today. Google Maps has been available in many parts of the world, but was not available in Korea because […]

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Taking responsibility for web content

November 25, 2008by arcticpenguin Leave a comment

A 19-year old living in Florida who went by the screen name of CandyJunkie overdosed on pills while broadcasting himself in real time. This webcast went on for hours on […]

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Asian Street Fashion

November 25, 2008by arcticpenguin 2 Comments

On Friday, I went to the Harvard GSD to see “Pop! Contemporary Street Fashion in Asia” (more pictures here). The exhibit contained a number of elements, including fashion, photography, and […]

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Blogging for Z

November 22, 2008by arcticpenguin Leave a comment

I’ve started writing for Jonathan Zittrain’s Future of the Internet blog and it is quite an interesting experience. For one thing, the posts are being reviewed a couple times before […]

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Metrocard is not sufficient evidence

November 19, 2008by arcticpenguin Leave a comment

The NYT carries a story about how a man’s Metrocard history acts as a “silent witness” but this evidence is only misleading and capable of being planned. A Metrocard is […]

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Biased video game studies

November 17, 2008by arcticpenguin Leave a comment

What annoys me about studies conducted on the violence factor of video games is that the researchers can’t overcome their bias towards games and make such an effort to label […]

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::Games::

Yay, Eli is back

November 17, 2008by arcticpenguin Leave a comment

After I read that ABC wasn’t going to continue Eli Stone, I was extremely disappointed, so you can imagine my surprise when I discovered that it is already well into […]

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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
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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