Joseph S Schafer
Biographic Data
| ID | 1905727 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Joseph S Schafer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Joseph S |
| FAMILY NAME | Schafer |
| SIGNATURE | SCHAFER J S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Washington |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6921-2074 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
To Screenshot or Not to Screenshot? Tensions in Representing Visual Social Media Platform Posts
The rise to prominence of visual social media platforms (VSMPs) including TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube has led to increasing amounts of research attention directed to these platforms. As research engages multimodal platforms, representing their content (including text, audio, image, and video components) increasingly becomes both important and complex. The AoIR Internet Research Ethics (IRE) 3.0 guidelines stipulate that “we need to elaborate a…
Legislating Uncertainty
Can state election policies affect the spread of misinformation? This paper studies the role played by ballot processing policies, which determine when ballots can be examined and organized, in the online spread of political misinformation. We present evidence from the 2020 U.S. presidential election cycle linking the spread of misinformation in the aftermath of the election to the uncertainty created by these restrictions. Specifically, using a …
Combining interventions to reduce the spread of viral misinformation
Misinformation online poses a range of threats, from subverting democratic processes to undermining public health measures. Proposed solutions range from encouraging more selective sharing by individuals to removing false content and accounts that create or promote it. Here we provide a framework to evaluate interventions aimed at reducing viral misinformation online both in isolation and when used in combination. We begin by deriving a generativ…
Combining interventions to reduce the spread of viral misinformation
Misinformation online poses a range of threats, from subverting democratic processes to undermining public health measures. Proposed solutions range from encouraging more selective sharing by individuals to removing false content and accounts that create or promote it. Here we provide a framework to evaluate interventions aimed at reducing viral misinformation online both in isolation and when used in combination. We begin by deriving a generativ…
Combining interventions to reduce the spread of viral misinformation
Misinformation online poses a range of threats, from subverting democratic processes to undermining public health measures. Proposed solutions range from encouraging more selective sharing by individuals to removing false content and accounts that create or promote it. Here we provide a framework to evaluate interventions aimed at reducing viral misinformation online both in isolation and when used in combination. We begin by deriving a generativ…
To Screenshot or Not to Screenshot? Tensions in Representing Visual Social Media Platform Posts
The rise to prominence of visual social media platforms (VSMPs) including TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube has led to increasing amounts of research attention directed to these platforms. As research engages multimodal platforms, representing their content (including text, audio, image, and video components) increasingly becomes both important and complex. The AoIR Internet Research Ethics (IRE) 3.0 guidelines stipulate that “we need to elaborate a…
Legislating Uncertainty
Can state election policies affect the spread of misinformation? This paper studies the role played by ballot processing policies, which determine when ballots can be examined and organized, in the online spread of political misinformation. We present evidence from the 2020 U.S. presidential election cycle linking the spread of misinformation in the aftermath of the election to the uncertainty created by these restrictions. Specifically, using a …
Computer Science (2 works) · Misinformation (2 works) · Misinformation and Its Impacts (2 works) · Bioinformatics (1 works) · Child Development and Digital Technology (1 works) · Computer security (1 works) · Digital Communication and Language (1 works) · Digital Games and Media (1 works) · Economics (1 works) · Electoral Systems and Political Participation (1 works)