D. Yvette Wohn

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Tag Archives: ::3D Virtual Worlds::

Why do people get married in virtual worlds?

November 20, 2010by arcticpenguin 3 Comments

“My boyfriend cheated on me,” A said. It sounded strange, coming from the lips of an 11-year old. “How do you know he cheated?” “I saw him with another girl.” “Maybe he […]

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::3D Virtual Worlds::, ::Cyber Culture::, ::Games::

Creating government in an lawless world

April 9, 2010by arcticpenguin Leave a comment

Henry Jenkin’s post on politics in Second Life reminded me of my own observations in Second Life which I’ve been meaning to write about. The interesting thing about Second life […]

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::3D Virtual Worlds::

Government in Virtual Worlds

April 19, 2009by arcticpenguin Leave a comment

Is it ironic that the Internet is a free, open environment, close to anarchy when it comes to the governance of web sites, and yet the more successful ones tend […]

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::Cyber Culture::

SL as an education tool

November 13, 2008by arcticpenguin 1 Comment

Charlie Nesson spoke to the alumni association today about Second Life and some of the problems we must address if we are to use it as an educational platform. He […]

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::3D Virtual Worlds::

Obama Campaign and Games

October 13, 2008by arcticpenguin Leave a comment

When Alec Ross said that the Obama campaign was “citizen-centered” and that it invested in new media tools, I bet he wasn’t referring to games. But Obama fans have taken […]

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::3D Virtual Worlds::, ::Games::

Hanbok in the press

April 7, 2008by arcticpenguin Leave a comment

An article about my hanbok shop in Second Life was featured in the Asia Economic Newspaper. Yay! I really should update the collection…I’ve gotten lazy. (My user name in Second […]

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::3D Virtual Worlds::

Playing CSI in SL

November 4, 2007by arcticpenguin Leave a comment

I went into Second Life to find the killer from the Oct. 24 episode of CSI:NY. The episode was quite interesting, although it made Second Life seemed way cooler than […]

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Hillary Clinton in Second Life

March 26, 2007by arcticpenguin Leave a comment

Writing an article about the differences between the political usage of Internet in Korea and America, I used Hillary Clinton’s island on Second Life as an example of how candidates […]

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YvetteWohn

D.Y. 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, 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) news consumption via social media.

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    • ::Games::
    • ::Mobile Culture::
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  • daily doilies
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  • food
  • journalism
  • natural science
  • politics & law

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