Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Tana nazarin yiwuwar ilimi na kafofin watsa labarun da kuma bayanan rikicin. Binciken nata yana zaune ne a tsaka-tsakin kimiyyar kwamfuta da kimiyyar zamantakewa kuma ya fada cikin fannonin hulɗar mutum-Kwamfuta (HCI) da Aikin Hadin gwiwar Kwamfuta (CSCW). Ta amfani da haɗin hanyoyin gogewa, gami da inganci, ƙididdigar ƙididdiga da nazarin cibiyar sadarwa, Starbird yana bincika ƙananan ƙungiyoyi da manyan hulɗa ta kan layi a cikin mahallin bala'i da sauran abubuwan da ke haifar da rikice-rikice, nazarin yadda masu ba da agaji na dijital da sauran membobin taron ke aiki don tacewa da tsara sararin bayanai. Daya daga cikin harbe-harben da Starbird ya rubuta shi ne harin da aka kai a kulob din dare na Pulse a Orlando. A wani aikin bincike, bincikenta na tarin bayanai na 600,000 tweets game da "Deepwater Horizon" mai zuba man fetur
a cikin Gulf of Mexico ya taimaka wajen hada taswirar yadda aka raba bayanai tsakanin wadanda ke kusa da taron da kuma gaba daya.