D. Yvette Wohn

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Internet should be used to improve healthcare, Harvard professor says.

March 26, 2008by arcticpenguin Leave a comment

The greatest flaws in the U.S. health care system are the lack of transparency and good information management, and the Internet should be utilized to improve upon these problems, says […]

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natural science

Suite 101

March 26, 2008by arcticpenguin Leave a comment

On a whimsical impulse, I joined Suite 101 as a freelance writer. Suite 101 is an online media which pays according to page views, and because of my low page […]

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journalism

Boston Restaurant Week

March 11, 2008by arcticpenguin Leave a comment

Boston’s Restaurant Week is a much-anticipated event for those who enjoy the fine things in life yet are on a tight budget. Ironically, Restaurant Week runs over a period of […]

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daily doilies

No games for Vista

March 11, 2008by arcticpenguin Leave a comment

As an avid PC game player it annoys me that Vista can’t run most of the games that were made for XP, 2000, etc. Sure, the ones that are being […]

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::Games::

Girl Scout Cookies

February 6, 2008by arcticpenguin Leave a comment

Yesterday, I bought two boxes of Girl Scout cookies for $4 each. The girls were selling them at a booth in Harvard Square- between CVS and the Bank of America. […]

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daily doilies

Harry Potter shows the future of newspapers.

January 28, 2008by arcticpenguin 1 Comment

Many think of Harry Potter as a being a fictional character and his magical world one that doesn’t exist. The world depicted in Harry Potter, however, shows many aspects of […]

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being digital, journalism

Ads

December 11, 2007by arcticpenguin Leave a comment

*The AT&T ad where the woman reproaches her children and her own elderly mother about sending too many text messages is just disgusting. At first, I thought it was somewhat fun, […]

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daily doilies

Environmentally-friendly architecture

November 12, 2007by arcticpenguin Leave a comment

These days, there is all this talk about environmentally-friendly architecture. I guess it all depends on what you consider is “environmentally-friendly” but this art gallery building, located in the Chelsea […]

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::Gadgets/Services::

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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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