Why do people support live streamers?
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 […]
Interview about why people buy things in Fortnite
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 […]
New Mozilla grant!
On the heels of a presentation at the All Things Moderation conference, where I talked about ongoing work related to the emotional tolls of human moderators who moderate small streams on Twitch, […]
Copying Designs from Instagram Without Attribution: Where do you draw the line?
The accounts I follow on Instagram reflect two passions of mine: fantasy haute couture and cute baked goods. I follow less than a hundred of accounts related to these themes […]
Chagall Exhibit on Color and Music
The exhibit “Chagall: Colour and Music” at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts is one of the most stunning, well-curated special exhibits of an single-artist retrospective that I’ve seen yet […]
i-Corps mini grants
The Social Interaction Lab received two i-Corps mini grants this spring! With Professor Yvette Wohn as the faculty mentor, Adam Spryzinski received a grant for a Mood App that uses […]
The Future of Free Speech, Trolls, Anonymity and Fake News Online
Deviant behavior has always existed online, the question is- will it continue and what can we do about it? Pew has a new report about the future of the Internetand what […]
Could a Trump Tower alleviate the homeless situation in San Francisco?
I’ve given this idea all of 15 minutes so it’s very flawed but hear me out. The solution to the terrible homeless situation in SF could be a Trump Tower. […]
D. Yvette Wohn 