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Overview

Dmitri Williams is affiliated with the University of Southern California in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the intersection of technology, social behavior, and psychology within digital environments.

Their recent academic contributions include publications in notable venues such as New Media & Society, Computers in Human Behavior, and the International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction. Some of their recent papers are:

  • "Viral vitriol: Predictors and contagion of online toxicity in World of Tanks," 2020, Computers in Human Behavior
  • "Are you ready for artificial Mozart and Skrillex? An experiment testing expectancy violation theory and AI music," 2020, New Media & Society
  • "AI, you can drive my car: How we evaluate human drivers vs. self-driving cars," 2021, Computers in Human Behavior
  • "A snap of your true self: How self-presentation and temporal affordance influence self-concept on social media," 2020, New Media & Society
  • "Sexist AI: An Experiment Integrating CASA and ELM," 2020, International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction

Dmitri Williams collaborates frequently with several scholars, including:

  • Sukyoung Choi
  • Mingxuan Liu
  • Joo-Wha Hong
  • Qiusi Sun
  • Cuihua Shen

The research has appeared most often in the following publication venues:

  • New Media & Society
  • Computers in Human Behavior
  • Internet Research
  • Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction
  • International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction

Their main fields of study are Social Sciences and Psychology, with a focus on several subfields, including:

  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Social Psychology
  • Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Safety Research

The core topics that frequently appear across their publications are:

  • Impact of Technology on Adolescents
  • Digital Games and Media
  • Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation
  • Media Influence and Health
  • Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence
  • Digital Marketing and Social Media
  • Educational Games and Gamification

Best Publications

  • On and Off the ’Net: Scales for Social Capital in an Online Era

    Dmitri Williams

  • Where Everybody Knows Your (Screen) Name: Online Games as “Third Places”

    Constance A. Steinkuehler;Dmitri Williams

  • Who plays, how much, and why? Debunking the stereotypical gamer profile

    Dmitri Williams;Nick Yee;Scott E. Caplan

  • From Tree House to Barracks The Social Life of Guilds in World of Warcraft

    Dmitri Williams;Nicolas Ducheneaut;Li Xiong;Yuanyuan Zhang

  • The virtual census: representations of gender, race and age in video games

    Dmitri Williams;Nicole Martins;Mia Consalvo;James D. Ivory

  • Problematic Internet use and psychosocial well-being among MMO players

    Scott Caplan;Dmitri Williams;Nick Yee

  • Looking for Gender: Gender Roles and Behaviors Among Online Gamers

    Dmitri Williams;Mia L. Consalvo;Scott Caplan;Nick Kenlun Yee

  • Internet Fantasy Violence: A Test of Aggression in an Online Game

    Dmitri Williams;Marko Skoric

  • Virtual Cultivation: Online Worlds, Offline Perceptions

    Dmitri Williams

  • Unpacking Time Online: Connecting Internet and Massively Multiplayer Online Game Use With Psychosocial Well-Being

    Cuihua Shen;Dmitri Williams

  • The Video Game Lightning Rod

    Dmitri Williams

  • Can You Hear Me Now? The Impact of Voice in an Online Gaming Community

    Dmitri Williams;Scott Caplan;Li Xiong

  • The Impact of Political Advertising on Knowledge, Internet Information Seeking, and Candidate Preference

    Nicholas A. Valentino;Vincent L. Hutchings;Dmitri Williams

  • Groups and Goblins: The Social and Civic Impact of an Online Game

    Dmitri Williams

  • The Mapping Principle, and a Research Framework for Virtual Worlds

    Dmitri Williams

  • As real as real? Macroeconomic behavior in a large-scale virtual world:

    Edward Castronova;Dmitri Williams;Cuihua Shen;Rabindra A. Ratan

  • Why Game Studies Now? Gamers Don't Bowl Alone:

    Dmitri Williams

  • Behind the Avatar: The Patterns, Practices, and Functions of Role Playing in MMOs

    Dmitri Williams;Tracy L. M. Kennedy;Robert J. Moore

  • A Content Analysis of Female Body Imagery in Video Games

    Nicole Martins;Dmitri C. Williams;Kristen Harrison;Rabindra A. Ratan

  • Stand by Your Man: An Examination of Gender Disparity in League of Legends

    Rabindra A. Ratan;Nicholas Taylor;Jameson Hogan;Tracy L. M. Kennedy

Frequent Co-Authors

Noshir Contractor
Noshir Contractor Northwestern University
Marshall Scott Poole
Marshall Scott Poole University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Kristen Harrison
Kristen Harrison University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Peter R. Monge
Peter R. Monge University of Southern California

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