Kate Starbirds PhD dissertation defense

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Kate Starbird's ATLAS Ph.D. dissertation defense on Aug. 17, 2012, was on the topic Crowdwork, Crisis and Convergence: How the Connected Crowd Organizes Information during Mass Disruption Events. Her research examines the uses of social media in the wake of crisis events and the emerging role of digital volunteers and remote participation. • She used a mixture of research methods across several different studies, including qualitative and quantitative analysis of large volumes of Twitter data, interviews with digital volunteers and participant observation within a virtual volunteer organization. • Starbird has been hired as an assistant professor in the Human Centered Design and Engineering department at the University of Washington. • More information about the ATLAS Ph.D. in Technology, Media and Society is at http://www.colorado.edu/atlas/newatla....

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