D. Yvette Wohn

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Tag Archives: personality

James Franco, Selfies, and Online Self-presentation

December 30, 2013by arcticpenguin 1 Comment

I really loved James Franco’s New York Times essay about the “meaning of selfies.” A lot of his personal reflections about why people engage in this particular online self-presentation was […]

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Detecting personality from how people customize their virtual city

August 24, 2012by arcticpenguin 2 Comments

After two years of rejections from very traditional psychology journals, I’m very pleased to report that my paper on spatial customization and personality has been finally accepted for publication at […]

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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.

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