Kate StarbirdConspiracy Theorizing in the Time of Covid-19: The Complementary Roles of Social and…This post is a “data memo” examining how social media and hyper-partisan online news media play complementary roles in the spread of…9 min read·Jul 13, 2020--1--1
Kate StarbirdinOneZeroHow a Crisis Researcher Makes Sense of Covid-19 MisinformationCollective sensemaking during times of uncertainty and anxiety6 min read·Mar 9, 2020--6--6
Kate StarbirdThe Surprising Nuance Behind the Russian Troll StrategyWe set out to study internet discourse around #BlackLivesMatter — instead, we were unintentionally learning about Russian trolls·10 min read·Oct 20, 2018--22--22
Kate StarbirdA First Glimpse through the Data Window onto the Internet Research Agency’s Twitter Operationsby Tom Wilson, Ahmer Arif, Melinda Haughey, Leo Stewart, and Kate Starbird16 min read·Oct 17, 2018--2--2
Kate StarbirdContent Sharing within the Alternative Media Echo-System: The Case of the White HelmetsIn June 2017 our lab began a research project looking at online conversations about the Syria Civil Defence (aka the “White Helmets”). Over…11 min read·May 7, 2018--10--10
Kate StarbirdinHCI & Design at UWInformation Wars: A Window into the Alternative Media EcosystemConspiracy Theories, Muddled Thinking, and Political Disinformation19 min read·Mar 15, 2017--93--93
Kate StarbirdinHCI & Design at UWTracing Disinformation Trajectories from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon Oil SpillIn 2010, as part of a team at the University of Colorado, I organized a crowdsourcing effort to map tweets from the Deepwater Horizon Oil…8 min read·Dec 2, 2016--3--3