D. Yvette Wohn

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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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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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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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  • 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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