2 papers
cs.HC2025
Understanding Children's Avatar Making in Social Online Games
Yue Fu, Samuel Schwamm, Amanda Baughan +10
Social online games like Minecraft and Roblox have become increasingly integral to children's daily lives. Our study explores how children aged 8 to 13 create and customize avatars…
cs.HC2025
The Engagement-Prolonging Designs Teens Encounter on Very Large Online Platforms
Yixin Chen, Yue Fu, Zeya Chen +2
In the attention economy, online platforms are incentivized to design products that maximize user engagement, even when such practices conflict with users' best interests. We condu…