“Muddied Waters: Online rumors, conspiracy theories and disinformation in the context of crisis response”
Brown Institute at Stanford 355 Serra Mall, Stanford, CAKate Starbird Assistant Professor, Human Centered Design & Engineering University of Washington (RSVP) Social media are now an established feature of crisis response. People—including emergency responders, members of the affected community, and remote onlookers—are repeatedly turning to platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and Snapchat to seek and share information about crisis events. However, there remain significant
