D. Yvette Wohn

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Game makers’ new priority is user privacy

October 13, 2006by arcticpenguin Leave a comment

Online game companies are tightening security on personal information and eliminating use of resident registration numbers. NCsoft took heat after tens of thousands of stolen numbers were used to play […]

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Fonts let text users write like their idols

October 12, 2006by arcticpenguin Leave a comment

Now that text-writing has become digital, design-savvy Koreans have paved the way for a growing market for fonts, the style that is used in text design. Revenue for buying fonts […]

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::Cyber Culture::

Online star enlists in air force, vows to be back

October 11, 2006by arcticpenguin Leave a comment

In Korea, mandatory military service applies to all able-bodied men, even cyber royalty. Fans of “Emperor” Lim Yo-hwan fell into a slump after the StarCraft player marched into the air […]

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Design and Copyright in SL

October 11, 2006by arcticpenguin Leave a comment

I was at Dazzle, one of the most famous shops for women’s clothes, and saw a bag that was unquestionably a Louis Vuitton knockoff. Of course, the monogram was entirely […]

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::3D Virtual Worlds::, being digital, politics & law

Eyes

October 10, 2006by arcticpenguin Leave a comment

Even when he was not smiling, his face glowed with health, happiness, and love. Just looking into his eyes, I could feel his ambitions, a wholesome enthusiasm and pride for […]

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Jeju

October 9, 2006by arcticpenguin Leave a comment

I spent a magnificent three-day vacation in Jeju, not entirely free from work, but two whole days without the Internet (amazing!) and cruising along the shore road in a beautiful […]

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Week 4 journal

October 9, 2006by arcticpenguin Leave a comment

This week’s various discussions on network and buzz were all in a sense, nothing new, except that the Internet was a new form of media that was involved. Using word […]

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being digital

Stand Up in SL!

October 7, 2006by arcticpenguin Leave a comment

“Stand Up!” was the first public campaign that I’ve encountered in SL that takes an RL campaign, extending it into SL. Going to Midnight City one day to look for […]

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::3D Virtual Worlds::, being digital

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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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  • 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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