PhD Dissertation

Dissertation: Effective and Practical Strategies for Combatting Misinformation
Catherine King
Carnegie Mellon University · Revised version under embargo until November (email me) · 2025
March Draft PDF


Proposal: Effective and Practical Strategies for Combatting Misinformation
Catherine King
Carnegie Mellon University · 2024
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Tech Reports

Project OMEN: Designing a Training Game to Fight Misinformation on Social Media
Catherine King, Christine Sowa Lepird, Kathleen M. Carley
Carnegie Mellon University · Institute for Software Research · 2021
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Peer-reviewed Publications

Selected works are shown below in reverse chronological order.

Public support for misinformation interventions depends on perceived fairness, effectiveness, and intrusiveness
Catherine King, Samantha C. Phillips, Kathleen M. Carley
To be submitted · Social Media + Society · 2025
Preprint · Code & Data


Mapping the Scientific Literature on Misinformation Interventions: A Bibliometric Review
Catherine King, Peter Carragher, Kathleen M. Carley
ICWSM Workshop Proceedings · 2025
PDF · Data


Registered Report: A path forward on online misinformation mitigation based on current user behavior
Catherine King, Samantha C. Phillips, Kathleen M. Carley
Scientific Reports · 2025
IDeaS Blog · Code · Data · Materials


Connecting the Domains: An Investigation of Internet Domains found in COVID-19 Conspiracy Tweets
J.D. Moffitt, Catherine King, Kathleen M. Carley
Computational and Mathematical Organization Theory · 2023


Gender dynamics on Twitter during the 2020 U.S. Democratic presidential primary
Catherine King, Kathleen M. Carley
Social Network Analysis and Mining · 2023
PDF · IDeaS Blog · Poster


Hunting Conspiracy Theories During the COVID-19 Pandemic
J.D. Moffitt, Catherine King, Kathleen M. Carley
Social Media + Society · 2021
PDF · IDeaS Blog · Poster


Deceptive accusations and concealed identities as misinformation campaign strategies
Daniele Bellutta, Catherine King, Kathleen M. Carley
Computational and Mathematical Organization Theory · 2021
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Lying About Lying on Social Media: A Case Study of the 2019 Canadian Elections
Catherine King, Daniele Bellutta, Kathleen M. Carley
Proceedings of the 2020 International Conference on Social Computing, Behavioral-Cultural Modeling & Prediction and Behavior Representation in Modeling and Simulation (SBP-BRiMS) · 2020
PDF · Slides


System Dynamics for Estimating SUAS Operations
Catherine King, Stephanie Glasser
Proceedings of the 2019 Winter Simulation Conference (WSC) · 2019


Data analysis and simulation: Optimizing voter wait times
Catherine King, Lawrence M. Leemis
Proceedings of the 2016 IEEE Systems and Information Engineering Design Symposium (SIEDS) · 2016
PDF


Dimension and mortality in linear stage-class models of Acartia tonsa
Catherine King, Katherine Shipman, Sarah Day, Drew LaMar
Proceedings of the Sixth International Symposium on Biomathematics and Ecology Education and Research (BEER) · 2013
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Poster Presentations

Leveraging Media Literacy Training to Promote Social Corrections
Catherine King, Kathleen M. Carley
2024 International Conference on Social Computing, Behavioral-Cultural Modeling & Prediction and Behavior Representation in Modeling and Simulation (SBP-BRiMS) · Pittsburgh, PA · September 2024
Poster


Citation Network Analysis of Misinformation Interventions
Catherine King, Peter Carragher, Kathleen M. Carley
2023 International Conference on Social Computing, Behavioral-Cultural Modeling & Prediction and Behavior Representation in Modeling and Simulation (SBP-BRiMS) · Pittsburgh, PA · September 2023
Poster