10 Facts About Judith Donath

Judith Stefania Donath was born on May 7,1962 and is an American computer scientist who is a fellow at Harvard's Berkman Center, and the founder of the Sociable Media Group at the MIT Media Lab.

Judith Donath has written papers on various aspects of the Internet and its social impact, such as Internet society and community, interfaces, virtual identity issues, and other forms of collaboration that have become manifest with the advent of connected computing.

Judith Donath's work includes the design and development of educational software and experimental media.

Judith Donath's pioneering work includes the first postcard service, named The Electric Postcard, and the first interactive art show, titled Portraits in Cyberspace.

Judith Donath has investigated the effect of online social media on society as regards the public display of the social interconnections between the members of the online communities as a sort of "Public Displays of Connection".

Judith Donath's work includes the application of architectural principles to the design of the social interaction environment of online communities in a kind of virtual city.

Judith Donath has explored the use of artificial emotions in avatars and their potential use in online advertising.

Judith Donath predicts that artificial avatars will possess "suites of emotions" comparable to an emotional wardrobe, from which they can pick the emotion they need to "wear", depending on the circumstances.

Judith Donath has compared the anonymity of online flaming to the anonymity of vandalizing in real life.

Judith Donath spoke on identity, anonymity, and the wiki at the August 2006 Wikimania conference.