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Facts, Frames, and (Mis)interpretations: Understanding Rumors as Collective Sensemaking<\/h3>\n\n\n\nKate Starbird<\/strong>
Professor, Human Centered Design & Engineering, University of Washington\n\n\n\nKate Starbird is a Professor at the Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering (HCDE) at the University of Washington (UW). Kate\u2019s research sits within the fields of human-computer interaction (HCI) and computer supported cooperative work (CSCW). Extending from early work in crisis informatics, her research program has followed the phenomenon of online rumoring down the rabbit hole and into some of the toxic online spaces that are increasingly (re)shaping discourse, values, and politics around the world. Dr. Starbird received her BS in Computer Science from Stanford (1997) and her PhD in Technology, Media and Society from the University of Colorado (2012). She has received several awards for her research, including the ACM SIGCHI Societal Impact Award and a Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) award. She is a co-founder and formerly served as director of the UW Center for an Informed Public, which works through research, education, and policy recommendations to strengthen democratic discourse by building resilience to online misinformation, propaganda, and manipulation.\n\n\n\nLearn more<\/strong>
Website: https:\/\/faculty.washington.edu\/kstarbi\/<\/mark><\/a>
Center for an Informed Public: https:\/\/www.cip.uw.edu<\/mark><\/a>

Read these<\/strong>
Facts, frames, and (mis)interpretations: Understanding rumors as collective sensemaking<\/mark><\/a> by Kate Starbird, 2023.
How right-wing media is like improv theater<\/mark><\/a> by Danielle Lee Tomson and Kate Starbird, 2024.
“Voluntweeters”: self-organizing by digital volunteers in times of crisis<\/mark><\/a> by Kate Starbird and Leysia Palen, CHI 2011.\n\n\n\n\n\n
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