Stephen Prochaska

schoolUniversity Of Washingtonbar_chart#3651 Global Rank

Total Papers

HCI Rank

#3651

Research Areas

Years Active

Recent Publications

What is going on? An evidence-frame framework for analyzing online rumors about election integrity

Pervasive falsehoods that erode trust in election processes are of increasing concern to democracies around the world. Misleading claims like these are often understood as simply “getting the facts wrong”. Using a grounded, interpretative, mixed-method approach to study Twitter activity during the 2022 U.S. Midterm El…

CSCW '251st AuthorCombating Misinformation in Elections and Around the World

Deep Storytelling: Collective Sensemaking and Layers of Meaning in U.S. Elections

Misinformation and disinformation about elections remain pressing concerns for researchers, policymakers, and the public. Critics, however, argue that fears surrounding these issues are exaggerated due to a lack of evidence of impact. This debate highlights the challenges inherent in assessing the impacts of misinform…

CSCW '231st AuthorConspiracy Theories

Mobilizing Manufactured Reality: How Participatory Disinformation Shaped Deep Stories to Catalyze Action during the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election

Claims of election fraud throughout the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election and during the lead up to the January 6, 2021 insurrection attempt have drawn attention to the urgent need to better understand how people interpret and act on disinformation. In this work, we present three primary contributions: (1) a framework f…

CSCW '232nd AuthorConspiracy Theories

Navigating Information-Seeking in Conspiratorial Waters: Anti-Trafficking Advocacy and Education Post QAnon

Individuals seeking out information about human-trafficking and anti-trafficking efforts are increasingly turning to social media as an informational source. However, a lack of traditional informational gatekeeping online has allowed for the rapid proliferation of misinformation via social media. This has been clearly…

Quick Actions

Share this page

ios_share

X in mail

https://hci.top/en/authors/22367?source=all