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.

Promoting Social Corrections: A Media Literacy Intervention for Misinformation on Social Media
Catherine King and Kathleen M. Carley
SBP-BRiMS Conference Proceedings· 2025

Public support for misinformation interventions depends on perceived fairness, effectiveness, and intrusiveness
Catherine King, Samantha C. Phillips, and 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, and 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, and 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, and Kathleen M. Carley
Computational and Mathematical Organization Theory · 2023


Gender dynamics on Twitter during the 2020 U.S. Democratic presidential primary
Catherine King and 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, and Kathleen M. Carley
Social Media + Society · 2021
PDF · IDeaS Blog · Poster


Deceptive accusations and concealed identities as misinformation campaign strategies
Daniele Bellutta, Catherine King, and 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, and Kathleen M. Carley
SBP-BRiMS Conference Proceedings · 2020
PDF · Slides


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


Data analysis and simulation: Optimizing voter wait times
Catherine King and Lawrence M. Leemis
Proceedings of the 2016 IEEE Systems and Information Engineering Design Symposium (SIEDS) · 2016
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Dimension and mortality in linear stage-class models of Acartia tonsa
Catherine King, Katherine Shipman, Sarah Day, and 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
SBP-BRiMS Conference · Pittsburgh, PA · September 2024
Poster


Citation Network Analysis of Misinformation Interventions
Catherine King, Peter Carragher, Kathleen M. Carley
SBP-BRiMS Conference · Pittsburgh, PA · September 2023
Poster