Marina Kogan

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External-Facing Communication on Social Media During the Russia-Ukraine Conflict of 2014

Although communication with audiences abroad is important for movements based in regions with complicated geopolitical contexts, it has received limited research attention. To address this gap, we collected and analyzed English-language tweets posted during the Russia-Ukraine conflict of 2014, focusing on understandin…

CSCW '25CorrespondingPartisan Discourse Online

What’s Gov Got to Do with it?: Pandemic crisis communication in a polarized environment

Official crisis communication on social media is critical to crisis response, as it provides the public with accurate and timely information regarding risks and advised protective actions during crises. A polarized environment can complicate effective crisis communication, as different officials may have different pri…

CSCW '25CorrespondingGoverning Platforms / Technology's Role in Governance

From Protests on the Streets to a War in the East: Evolution of Discourse in a Prolonged Crisis

In January 2014, what started as peaceful protests in Kyiv, Ukraine escalated into an ousting of the Ukrainian president, then annexation of Crimea, and a protracted civil war between the new Ukrainian government and Russian-backed separatists. Meanwhile, Ukrainian citizens documented their experiences on Twitter, lea…

CHI '253rd AuthorTime-Series & Network Graph Visualization +1

Visualization Guardrails: Designing Interventions Against Cherry-Picking in Interactive Data Explorers

The growing popularity of interactive time series exploration platforms has made data visualization more accessible to the public. However, the ease of creating polished charts with preloaded data also enables selective information presentation, often resulting in biased or misleading visualizations. Research shows th…

CHI '24CorrespondingVisual Impairment Technologies (Screen Readers, Tactile Graphics, Braille) +2

"Yeah, this graph doesn't show that": Analysis of Online Engagement with Misleading Data Visualizations

Attempting to make sense of a phenomenon or crisis, social media users often share data visualizations and interpretations that can be erroneous or misleading. Prior work has studied how data visualizations can mislead, but do misleading visualizations reach a broad social media audience? And if so, do users amplify o…

CSCW '23CorrespondingMisinformation I

Working Together (to Undermine Democratic Institutions): Challenging the Social Bot Paradigm in SSIO Research

Unlike most other forms of coordinated, inauthentic behavior occurring online, the goals of state-sponsored information operations, or SSIOs, are often complex and multifaceted. These goals range from flooding conversations with a certain narrative, to increasing the public’s engagement with news sources of questionab…

CHI '23CorrespondingUncertainty Visualization +1

Misleading Beyond Visual Tricks: How People Actually Lie with Charts

Data visualizations can empower an audience to make informed decisions. At the same time, deceptive representations of data can lead to inaccurate interpretations while still providing an illusion of data-driven insights. Existing research on misleading visualizations primarily focuses on examples of charts and techni…

CSCW '21CorrespondingSupport and Inclusion

Hello? Is There Anybody in There?: Analysis of Factors Promoting Response From Authoritative Sources in Crisis

As social media has become more present in people’s day-to-day lives, many turn to these platforms in natural disasters to keep abreast of the ever-evolving crisis situation. Facing the increasing amount of crisis-related information available on the social media platforms, users tend to focus on and reach out to auth…

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