2019

Wohn, D. Y., Jough, P., Eskander, P., Siri, J. S., Shimobayashi, M., & Desai, P. (2019). Understanding Digital Patronage: Why Do People Subscribe to Streamers on Twitch? To appear in Proceedings of ACM CHIPLAY

Cai, J., Wohn, D. Y., Freeman, G. (2019). Who Purchases and Why? Explaining Motivations for In-game Purchasing in the Online Survival Game Fortnite. To appear in Proceedings of ACM CHIPLAY

Almoqbel, M., Wohn, D.Y., Hayes, R.A., Cha, M. (2019). Understanding Facebook news posts comment reading and reacting behavior through political extremism and cultural orientation. Computers in Human Behavior. [pre-print]

Choi, Y., Kim, J., Cha., M., Wohn, D. Y. (2019, June). Detection of hate speech with emoticons using Twitch tv online streaming chat data. Poster presentation at Korea Computer Congress

Wohn, D. Y., & Freeman, G. (2019). Live Streaming, Playing, and Money Spending Behaviors in eSports. Games and Culture

Spottswood, E., & Wohn, D. Y. (2019). Beyond the “Like”: How people respond to negative posts on Facebook. Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media [pre-print pdf]

Almoqbel, M., Likhart, A., & Wohn, D. Y. (2019, June). Understanding safety concerns and protection behaviors of rideshare drivers. Poster presentation at ACM SIGMIS Computers and People Research conference. Nashville, TN

Uttarapong, J., Schofield, D., Abadiotakis, N., & Wohn, D. Y. (2019, May).  Translating Informational Game Data into Real-time Entertainment: Understanding the Practices of eSports Commentators. Presentation at Games + Communication Ante-Conference, Washington, D. C. Hosted by ICA Game Studies Division and American University

Rios, J., Wohn, D. Y., & Lee, Y-H. (2019). Effect of Internet Literacy in Understanding Older Adults’ Social Capital and Expected Internet Support. Communication Research Reports [pdf]

Wohn, D. Y. (2019). Understanding the roles and emotional labor of moderators on Twitch. Presentation at International Communication Association Conference. Washington, D.C.

Wohn, D. Y. & Freeman, G. (2019). Live Streaming, Playing, and Money Spending Behaviors in eSports. Presentation at International Communication Association Conference. Washington, D.C.

Wohn, D. Y. (2019). Volunteer Moderators in Twitch Micro Communities: How they Get Involved, the Roles they Play, and the Emotional Labor they Experience. In Proceedings of 2019 ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI’19), no.160 [pdf]

Shen, R., Wohn, D. Y., & Lee, M. J. (2019). Comparison of Learning Programming between Automated Tutors and Human Teachers. In Proceedings of ACM Global Computing Education Conference (CompEd 2019). [pdf]

Cai, J., & Wohn, D. Y. (2019). Live streaming commerce: Uses and gratifications approach to understanding consumers’ motivations. In Proceedings of the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS), pp. 2548- 2557 [pdf]

2018

Barkhuus, L., & Wohn, D. Y. (2018). Making the City My Own: Uses and Practices of Mobile Location Technologies for Exploration of a New City.  Personal and Ubiquitous Computing

Rios, J. S., Ketterer, D. J., & Wohn, D. Y. (2018). How Users Choose a Face Lens on Snapchat. In Proceedings of CSCW Companion, 321-324 [pdf]

Scott, J. S., Khalid, H., Nguyen, L., & Wohn, D. Y. (2018). Screen-viewing Practices in Social Virtual Reality. In Proceedings of CSCW Companion, 173-176 [pdf]

Laughlin, C., & Wohn, D. Y. (2018, November). An Investigation of Parasocial Interaction and Parasocial Relationships in Live Streaming. National Communication Association Conference. Salt Lake City, UT

Min, S. J., & Wohn, D. Y. (2018, October). Underneath the Filter Bubble: The Role of Weak Ties and Network Cultural Diversity in Cross-Cutting News Exposure to News on Social Media. Presentation at AOIR (Associate of Internet Researchers) Conference. Montreal, CA

Prince, K., & Wohn, D. Y. (2018, July). Social Systems Network Application for Recovering Opioid Addicts (Customer Discovery). NJIT Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium

Cai, J., Wohn, D. Y., Mittal, A., & Sureshbabu, D. (2018). Utilitarian and Hedonic Motivations for Live Streaming Shopping. In Proceedings of ACM Conference on Interactive Experiences for Television and Online Video (TVX), pp.81-88. New York, NY: ACM [PDF]

Ahmadi, M., & Wohn, D. Y. (2018). The Antecedents of Incidental News Exposure on Social Media. Social Media & Society

Afolabi, T., & Wohn, D. Y. (2018). NJIT Buddy (A virtual social support app for college students). Poster presented at Scientista Symposium

Likhar, A., & Wohn, D. Y. (2018). Food and mood journaling: Effect on an individual and impact of social sharing of data. Poster presented at Scientista Symposium

Almoqbel, M., Likhar, A., & Wohn, D. Y. (2018). Do Uber drivers feel safe? A qualitative study to address the safety needs of Uber drivers through technology. Poster presented at Scientista Symposium

Wohn, D. Y., Hoewe, J., Bowe, B.J., & Min, S.J. (2018). The impact of online network diversity on familiarity and engagement with social policy news on Facebook. To be presented at the International Communication Association conference. Prague, Czech Republic

Min, S. J., & Wohn, D. Y. (2018). All the News that You Don’t Like: Cross-cutting Exposure and Political Participation in the Age of Social Media. Computers in Human Behavior, 83, 24-31

Wohn, D. Y., Freeman, G., & McLaughlin, C. (2018). Explaining Viewers’ Emotional, Instrumental, and Financial Support Provision for Live Streamers. In Proceedings of CHI, no. 474, New York, NY: ACM [PDF]

Luo, Y., Lee, B., Wohn, D. Y., Rebar, A., Conroy, D., & Choe, E. K. (2018). Time for Break: Understanding information workers’ sedentary behavior through a break prompting system. In Proceedings of CHI, no. 127, New York, NY: ACM [PDF]

Chue, V., Rios, J.S., & Wohn, D. Y. (2018). A Hot Bot: Testing Effect of
Temperature on Feelings of Closeness When Interacting With a Chatbot. In Proceedings of GROUP, pp.136-139. New York, NY: ACM [PDF]

Wohn, D. Y., & Lampe, C. (2018). Understanding Psychological States of Users During Lifecycle of Online Community Use. In Proceedings of GROUP, pp. 184-195. New York, NY: ACM [PDF]

Freeman, G., & Wohn, D. Y. (2018). Understanding eSports Team Formation and Coordination. Computer Supported Cooperative Work, 27, 1019-1050. [PDF]

2017

Wohn, D. Y., Freeman, E., Quehl, K. (2017). A game of research: Information-seeking and decision-making in daily fantasy sports. In Proceedings of CHI PLAY,  355-366, New York, NY: ACM

Freeman, G., & Wohn, D. Y. (2017). Social support in eSports: Building emotional and esteem support from instrumental Support interactions in a highly competitive environment. In Proceedings of CHI PLAY, 435-447, New York, NY: ACM

Wohn, D. Y., Min, S. J., & Bowe, B. J., & Patel, S. (2017). Ethnic Network Diversity and Familiarity and Engagement with Race-related News on Facebook. Poster presented at the AEJMC annual conference.

Wohn, D. Y., Ahmadi, M., Gong, L., Kulkarni, I., Poojari, A. (2017). Designing a Social Support System for College Adjustment and Social Support. In Proceedings of ICWSM, 688-691 [PDF]

Wohn, D. Y., Fiesler, C., Hemphill, L., De Choudhury, M., Matias, J. N. (2017). How to Handle Online Risks? Discussing Content Curation and Moderation in Social Media. CHI 2017 panel, 1271-1276. [PDF]

Freeman, G., & Wohn, D.Y. (2017). eSports as An Emerging Research Context at CHI: Diverse Perspectives on Definitions. CHI 2017 Late-breaking work, 1601-1608  [PDF]

Wohn, D. Y., Peng, W., & Zytko, D. (2017). Face to Face Matters: Communication Modality, Perceived Social Support, and Psychological Wellbeing. CHI 2017 Late-breaking work, 3019-3026. [PDF]

Wohn, D. Y., & Ratan, R. (2017). Gender and Genre Differences in Multiplayer Gaming Motivations. Presented at the International Communication Association conference. San Diego, CA

Min, S. J., & Wohn, D. Y. (2017). All the news you don’t like: Cross-cutting exposure and political participation on social media. Presented at the Eastern Communication Association conference. Boston, MA (Best paper award)

Wohn, D. Y. (2017). StarCraft: Bringing legitimacy to competitive gaming. In R. Mejia, J. Banks, & A. Adams (Eds.), 100 Greatest Video Game Franchises. Rowman & Littlefield.

2016

Hayes, R. A., Carr, C. T., & Wohn, D. Y. (2016). It’s the audience: Differences in social support across social media. Social Media and Society, 2(4), 1-12

Wohn, D. Y., Carr, C. T., & Hayes, R. (2016). How Affective is a “Like”?: The Effect of Paralinguistic Digital Affordances on Perceived Social Support. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 19, 562-566. (Also presented at the National Communication Association conference. Philadelphia, PA)

Wohn, D. Y. (2016). From faux-social to pro-social: The mediating role of copresence in developing expectations of social support in a game. PRESENCE: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments, 25 (1), 61-74

Leith, A., Ratan, R., & Wohn, D. Y. (2016).  The (De-)evolution of evolution games: A content analysis of the representation of evolution through natural selection in digital games. Journal of Science Education and Technology, 25,655-664.

Carr, C.T., Wohn, D. Y., & Hayes, R. A. (2016). [Thumbs up emoji] as social support: Relational closeness, automaticity, and interpreting social support from paralinguistic digital affordances in social media. Computers in Human Behavior, 62, 385-393. [PDF]

Wohn, D. Y., & Ahmadi, M. (2016, June).  Motivations and Habits of Mobile Micro-news Consumption. To be presented at the International Communication Association annual conference. Fukuoka, Japan.

Wohn, D. Y. (2016, June). Psychological Triggers and Casual Gaming Behaviors. To be presented at the International Communication Association annual conference. Fukuoka, Japan.

Hayes, R., Carr, C. T., & Wohn, D. Y. (2016, June). It’s the Audience, Stupid: Differences in Social Support between Social Media Sites. To be presented at the International Communication Association annual conference. Fukuoka, Japan.

Carr., C. T., Wohn, D. Y., & Hayes, R. (2016, June). Social Media, Relational Closeness, and Interpreting Social Support from Paralinguistic Digital Affordances. To be presented at the International Communication Association annual conference. Fukuoka, Japan.

Ahmadi, M., Schneider, M., Kadam, R., & Wohn, D. Y. (2016). Designing Paralinguistic Digital Affordances for Social Support. [PDF] Proceedings CSCW 2016 Companion, 221-224.

Wohn, D. Y., & Bowe, B. J. (2016). Micro Agenda Setters: The Effect of Social Media on Young Adults’ Exposure to and Attitude Toward News. Social Media and Society, 2(1)

Xu, Y., & Wohn, D. Y. (2016). Understanding Incentives and Deterrents of Mobile Shopping.  In Proceedings of iConference 2016. Doi: 10.9776/16156

Wohn, D. Y., & Spottswood, E. (2016). Reactions171 to other-generated face threats on Facebook and their relational consequences. [PDF] Computers in Human Behavior, 57, 187-194

Wohn, D. Y., & Ellison, N. B. (2016, April). High School Students’€™ Motivations for College-Going and Subsequent College Enrollment. To be presented at the American Educational Research Association annual conference.

Brown, M. G., Wohn, D. Y., Ellison, N. B. (2016). Without a Map: College Access and the Online Practices of Youth from Low-income Communities. [PDF] Computers and Education, 92-93 , 104-116

Hayes, R., Carr, C. T., & Wohn, D. Y. (in press). One click, many meanings: Interpreting paralinguistic digital affordances in social media. [PDF] Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media, 60(1), 171-187.

2015

Wohn, D. Y., & Birnholtz, J. (2015). From Ambient to Adaptation: Interpersonal Attention Management Among Young Adults. [PDF] In Proceedings of Mobile HCI, pp.26-35. New York, NY: ACM

Bowe, B. J., & Wohn, D. Y. (2015). Are There Generational Differences? Social Media Use and Perceived Shared Reality. In Proceedings of Social Media and Society Conference. New York, NY: ACM

Wohn, D. Y., Ellison, N., Brown, M. G. (2015, May). Social media and college access for low-income teens: An information literacy perspective. Paper presented at International Communication Association Conference. San Juan, Puerto Rico

Hayes, R., Carr, C. T., & Wohn, D. Y. (2015, May). One click, many meanings: Interpreting paralinguistic digital affordances in social media. Paper presented at International Communication Association Conference. San Juan, Puerto Rico

Wohn, D. Y., & Peng, W. (2015). Understanding perceived social support through communication time, frequency, and media multiplexity. [PDF] In Proceedings of CHI2015 Extended Abstracts, pp. 1911-1916. New York, NY: ACM

Wohn, D. Y., Solomon, J., Sarkar, D., & Vaniea, K. E. (2015). Factors related to privacy concerns and protection behaviors regarding behavioral advertising.[PDF] In Proceedings of CHI2015 Extended Abstracts, pp. 1965-1970. New York, NY: ACM

Wohn, D. Y. (2015). Reverse-Affective Computing: Computers that simulate machine-like human behavior. Position paper for workshop, “Skills for wellbeing” at CHI2015

Wohn, D. Y., Lee, Y-H., & Ozkaya, E. (2015). Social contributors and consequences of habitual and compulsive game play [PDF]. International Journal of Technology and Human Interaction, 11, 17-34

Wohn, D. Y. (2015). The effects of feedback and habit on content posting in an online community. [pdf] In Proceedings of iConference 2015, pp.1-8. Washington, D.C.: iSchools

Wohn, D. Y. (2015). Soft sustainability: How do self-determined motivation and habit contribute to sustainable health technology usage? Presenting in workshop “Moving beyond e-Health and the quantified self” at CSCW15. Vancouver, Canada

2014

Wohn, D. Y. (2014). Spending real money: Purchasing patterns of virtual goods in an online social game [pdf] Proceedings of CHI 2014, pp. 3359-3368. New York, NY: ACM.

Wohn, D. Y., & LaRose, R. (2014). Effects of loneliness and differential usage of Facebook on college adjustment of first-year students [pdf] Computers & Education, 76, 158-167 

Ellison, N. B., Wohn, D. Y., & Greenhow, C. (2014). Adolescents’ visions of their future careers, educational plans, and life pathways: The role of bridging and bonding social capital experiences [pdf]  Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 31, 516-534

Wohn, D. Y., & Sarkar, C. (2014). The uncanny valley effect in behavioral targeting and information processing of peripheral cues [pdf]  Proceedings of iConference 2014, pp. 577- 582.

Wohn, D. Y., & Bowe, B. J. (2014). How social media facilitates social construction of reality. [pdf] In Proceedings of companion publication of CSCW 2014, 261-264. New York, NY: ACM

Wohn, D. Y., Birnholtz, J., Hancock, J., Litt, E., & Spottswood, E. (2014). Impression curation: Reacting to other-generated face threats on Facebook. Paper presentation at International Communication Association Conference. Seattle, WA.

Khan, M. L., Wohn, D. Y., & Ellison, N. B. (2014). Actual friends matter: An Internet skills perspective on teens’ informal academic collaboration on Facebook. Computers & Education, 79, 138-147

Ahmadi, M., & Wohn, D. Y. (2014). Investigating psychological factors of news consumption in mobile-microblogging platforms. Presentation at New Jersey Institute of Technology Graduate Conference. Newark, NJ

2013

Wohn, D. Y., & Lee, Y-H. (2013).  Players of Facebook games and how they play [pdf] Entertainment Computing, 4(3), 171-178

Wohn, D. Y., Ellison, N. B., Khan, M. L., Fewins-Bliss, R., & Gray, R. (2013). The role of social media in shaping first-generation high school students’ college aspirations: A social capital lens. [pdf] . Computers and Education, 63, 424-436

Wohn, D. Y., & Wash, R. (2013). A virtual “room” with a cue: Detecting personality through spatial customization in a city simulation game. [pdf] Computers in Human Behavior, 29(1), 155-159.

Wohn, D. Y. (2013). Operant conditioning and the moderating role of habit strength on behavior in an online community. Paper presentation at International Communication Association Conference. London, UK

Wohn, D. Y., Lampe, C., & Hou, Y. (2013). Self-determination and long-term participation in peer-production communities. Paper presentation at International Communication Association Conference. London, UK

Wohn, D. Y., Ellison, N. B., Khan, M. L., Fewins-Bliss, R., & Gray, R. (2013). Social media and first-generation high school students’ college aspirations. Paper presentation at International Communication Association Conference. London, UK

Bowe, B. J., & Wohn, D. Y. (2013). Moving beyond the digital divide: Social media and social influence between generations. Paper presentation at International Communication Association Conference. London, UK

Leith, A., Wohn, D. Y., & Ratan, R. (2013). The (de-)evolution of evolution games: Analyzing the accuracy of evolution depiction in video games. International Communication Association Conference. London, UK

2012

Walther, J.B., Liang, Y., Ganster, T., Wohn, D.Y., & Emington, J. (2012). Online reviews, helpfulness ratings, and consumer attitudes: An extension of Congruity Theory to multiple sources in Web 2.0 [pdf]  Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 18(1) 97-112.

Lee, Y-H. & Wohn, D.Y. (2012). Are there cultural differences in how we play? Examining cultural effects on playing social network games [pdf]  Computers in Human Behavior, 28(4), 1307-1314

Wohn, D. Y. (2012). The role of habit in social network game play [pdf] Communication Research Reports, 29, 74-79.

Wohn, D. Y., Velasquez, A., Bjornrud, T., & Lampe, C. (2012).Habit as an explanation of participation in an online peer-production community. [pdf] Proceedings of CHI 2012, pp. 2905-2914. New York, NY: ACM Press

Sarkar, C., Wohn, D. Y., & Lampe, C. (2012). A quantitative explanation of governance in a peer-production online community. [pdf] Proceedings of CHI 2012, 2939- 2942. New York, NY: ACM Press

Wohn, D. Y. (2012). Sustainability of a college social network site: Role of autonomy, engagement, and relatedness [pdf]  Proceedings of CHI 2012, 737-740. ACM Press.

Sarkar, C., Wohn, D. Y., & Lampe, C. (2012).  Predicting length of membership in online community “Everything 2” using feedback In Proceedings of CSCW 2012 Extended Abstracts, ACM Press

Wohn, D. Y., & Na, E.-K. (2012) Virtual Item Purchasing Patterns in a Social Game: Differences between high and low spenders [pdf] . In Proceedings of iConference 2012, ACM Press.

Wohn, D. Y., & Sarkar, C. (2012). Expertise matters: Privacy perceptions and practices in response to behavioral targeting. Paper presentation at National Communication Association Conference. Orlando, FL

Wohn, D. Y. (2012). Personal and spatial customization in a city simulation game. Paper presentation at National Communication Association Conference. Orlando, FL

Wohn, D. Y., LaRose, R., Ellison, N., & Steinfield, C. (2012). Differential effects of social networking use on academic adjustment of first year college students. Paper presentation at International Communication Association Conference. Phoenix, AZ

Wohn, D. Y., Velasquez, A., Bjornrud, T., & Lampe, C. (2012). Using habit strength to explain sustained participation in an online community for user-generated content. Paper presentation at International Communication Association Conference. Phoenix, AZ

Lee, Y-H. & Wohn, D. Y. (2012). Does culture affect how we play? Examining the effect of culture orientations on expected outcomes and usage patterns of social network games. Paper presentation at International Communication Association Conference. Phoenix, AZ

Liang, Y., Ganster, T., Wohn, D. Y., Emington, J., & Walther, J.B. (2012). The effects of online reviews and helpfulness ratings on consumer attitudes. Paper presentation at International Communication Association Conference. Phoenix, AZ

Wohn, D.Y. & Lee, Y-H. (2012). Social contributors and consequences of compulsive game play. Paper presentation at International Communication Association Conference. Phoenix, AZ

Wohn, D. Y. (2012). What makes a college social network site sustainable? A successful case study. Presentation at Digital Media and Learning Conference. San Francisco, CA

Wohn, D. Y. (2012). Crystallization theory. Theorizing the Web. College Park, MD

2011

Lampe. C., Wohn, D. Y.*, Vitak, J. Ellison, N., Wash, R. (2011). Student use of Facebook for organizing collaborative classroom activities [pdf] International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning, 6, 329-47 *corresponding author

Wohn, D. Y. (2011). Gender and race representation in casual games [pdf]  Sex Roles, 65, 198-207

Smock, A. D., Lampe, C., Ellison, N. B., & Wohn, D. Y. (2011).  Facebook as a toolkit: A uses and gratification approach to unbundling feature use Computers in Human Behavior, 27, 2322-29.

Wohn, D. Y. & Na, E. (2011). Tweeting about TV: Sharing television viewing experiences via social media message streams [pdf] First Monday, 16

Wohn, D. Y., Lampe, C., Vitak, J., Ellison, N. (2011). Coordinating the ordinary: Social information uses of Facebook by adults [pdf] Proceedings of the 2011 iConference, p. 340-47. ACM.

LaRose, R., Wohn, D. Y., Ellison, N., & Steinfield, C. (2011). Facebook fiends: Compulsive social networking and adjustment to college [pdf]  Proceedings of IADIS International Conference ICT 2011.

Wohn, D. Y., Lampe, C., Wash, R., Ellison, N., & Vitak, J. (2011). The “S” in social network games: Initiating, maintaining, and enhancing relationships [pdf] In Ralph H. Sprague, Jr. (Ed.), Proceedings of Hawaii International Conference of System Sciences (HICSS), p.1-10. IEEE Computer Society

Wohn, D. Y. (2011). Reciprocity in social network games and generation of social capital. Paper presentation at Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Conference. St. Louis, MO

Wohn, D. Y., & Bowe, B. J. (2011). Crystallization theory: Construction of reality in the age of social media. Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Conference. St. Louis, MO

Wohn, D. Y. (2011). Gender and race representation in casual games. Paper presentation at International Communication Association Conference. Boston, MA

Wohn, D. Y., & Lee, Y-H. (2011). Players of Facebook games and how they play. Paper presentation at International Communication Association Conference. Boston, MA

Ozkaya, E. Y., LaRose, R., & Wohn, D. Y. (2011). Online game addiction studies: An overview. Paper presentation at International Communication Association Conference. Boston, MA

Wohn, D. Y. (2011). Cultural differences in social game play. Paper presentation at Meaningful Play. East Lansing, MI

Wohn, D. Y. & Na, E. (2011). Who spends money on virtual items? Paper presentation at Meaningful Play. East Lansing, MI

Wohn, D. Y., & Na, E. (2011). An AEIOU model for social message stream analysis. Poster presentation at Graduate Academic Conference. East Lansing, MI

2010

Lampe, C., Ellison, N., Vitak, J., Wohn, D. Y., & Wash, R. (2011). Social sensemaking: Propensity to use Facebook to reduce classroom equivocality. Paper presentation at International Communication Association Conference. Singapore

Smock, A., Ellison, N., Wohn, D. Y. (2010). Facebook as a toolkit: Motivations predicting feature use. Paper presentation at National Communication Association Conference. San Francisco, CA

Wohn, D. Y, & Na, E. (2010). Tweeting About TV: An AEIOU model of sociable television. Paper presentation at International Communication Association Conference. Singapore

Wohn, D. Y., Lee, Y., Sung, J., Bjornrud, T. (2010). Building common ground and reciprocity with social network games [pdf] In Proceedings of CHI 2010 Extended Abstracts, p. 4423-28. ACM Press. *Microsoft Student Research Competition, 3rd Place.

Sung, J., Bjornrud, T., Lee, Y.,Wohn, D. Y. (2010). Social network games: Audience traits [pdf] In Proceedings of CHI 2010 Extended Abstracts, pp. 3649-54. ACM Press.