D. Yvette Wohn

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Tag Archives: education

Why social media matters for first-generation high school students’ college aspirations

February 6, 2013by arcticpenguin Leave a comment

My colleagues and I have just published a paper in Computers and Education [download paper here] about how social media helps first-generation high school students in terms of increasing their college application […]

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::Social Media::

Digital Media Conference (DML 2012)

March 2, 2012by arcticpenguin 1 Comment

The first day at DML: it was such an engaging conference and a lot of the presentations so pertinent to my personal interests and feelings about education. For one, it […]

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art & architecture, daily doilies

Students using Facebook for positive (and negative collaboration)

April 15, 2011by arcticpenguin 2 Comments

A new study that is available online first in the International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning looks at the social and psychological factors that lead to different types of Facebook […]

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::Social Media::

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::

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YvetteWohn

D.Y. Wohn, Ph.D.

Dr. Wohn 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 role of algorithms and social interactions in livestreaming, esports, gaming, 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 of safe spaces, 2) social exchange in digital economies, which include the transactions of emotional, informational, and financial support, and 3) news consumption via social media.

2021 Conferences/ Talks

1/8-10: Hicss
5/27-31: ICA
6/21-23: IMX

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  • So much media interest in Clubhouse
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  • Undergraduate Research Mentoring Award

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