Interests
I am primarily interested in how social media enables the negotiation of political and cultural narratives and frames. I am also intrigued by the social justice implications of online spaces, specifically the extent to which social media mirror or challenge offline power structures.
Publications
Leo Stewart, Ahmer Arif, A. Conrad Nied, Emma Spiro and Kate Starbird. "Drawing the Lines of Contention: Networked Frame Contests within #BlackLivesMatter Discourse" Conference paper, CSCW 2018.
Rachael Tatman, Leo Stewart, Amandalynne Paullada and Emma Spiro. "Non-lexical Features Encode Political Affiliation on Twitter". Short paper, ACL 2017.
Leo Stewart, Ahmer Arif, A. Conrad Nied, Emma Spiro and Kate Starbird. "Exploring the Flow of #BlackLivesMatter Conversations in Response to Shooting Events Using a Shared Audience Network". Poster, UW Undergraduate Research Symposium 2017.
A. Conrad Nied, Leo Stewart, Emma Spiro and Kate Starbird. "Alternative Narratives of Crisis Events: Communities and Social Botnets Engaged on Social Media". Poster, CSCW 2017.
Rachael Tatman, Leo Stewart, Amandalynne Paullada and Emma Spiro. "Non-lexical Features Encode Political Affiliation on Twitter". Short paper, ACL 2017.
Leo Stewart, Ahmer Arif, A. Conrad Nied, Emma Spiro and Kate Starbird. "Exploring the Flow of #BlackLivesMatter Conversations in Response to Shooting Events Using a Shared Audience Network". Poster, UW Undergraduate Research Symposium 2017.
A. Conrad Nied, Leo Stewart, Emma Spiro and Kate Starbird. "Alternative Narratives of Crisis Events: Communities and Social Botnets Engaged on Social Media". Poster, CSCW 2017.