D. Yvette Wohn

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Online jumps into the real world of hype

August 16, 2006by arcticpenguin Leave a comment

Companies doing online business seem to be realizing that the Internet isn’t all about living online ― if you want to engage the interest of warm-blooded customers, it helps to […]

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::Cyber Culture::

Mobile services sizzle in the summer months

August 16, 2006by arcticpenguin Leave a comment

Mobile phone service providers are seeing a jump in business thanks to the summer season. During summertime, people have been using more global roaming service, as well as more data […]

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::Mobile Culture::

Flower bush shrunk by scientists

August 14, 2006by arcticpenguin Leave a comment

Korean scientists have used radiation to shrink the size of mugunghwa bushes in half. The Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute said yesterday it developed a new species of mugunghwa, the […]

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natural science

Whose cell phone is hippest? It’s all about colors

August 13, 2006by arcticpenguin Leave a comment

Back in black? Depends. If your cell phone is black, you could already be passe in the quick trend world of cell phones. Most new digital ditties being released this […]

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Summer is here, and gamers are being lured outdoors

August 9, 2006by arcticpenguin Leave a comment

With schools out for summer vacation, game companies are targeting younger players by hosting offline events. On Saturday, Gravity, the publisher of the popular cartoon-style role-playing game “Ragnarok Online”, will […]

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::Games::

Korea’s first portal to vanish into cyberspace

August 5, 2006by arcticpenguin Leave a comment

Ridden with debts and unable to keep up with its competitors, Korea’s oldest Internet portal is on the verge of permanent retirement. Netian.com went offline suddenly on Monday but resumed […]

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::Cyber Culture::

Sex, violence, politics find a way into games

August 2, 2006by arcticpenguin Leave a comment

Sex, violence, politics find a way into games New laws allow game makers to tell the rating board how far games go. The fact that a game involves fighting with […]

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::Games::

New digital portrait technology embodies human brush strokes

July 26, 2006by arcticpenguin Leave a comment

Would you like Vincent Van Gogh to paint your portrait? The Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) said yesterday that it developed a digital painting technology that can incorporate brush […]

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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

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  • daily doilies
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  • fiction:surrealism
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  • 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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