This May, KUOW Public Radio in Seattle partnered with the Center for an Informed Public (CIP) at the University of Washington (UW) to launch a virtual event series called Stand With the Facts. The focus: As false news circulates, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, how can we think critically about how we consume news and information?
Throughout the Stand With the Facts series, KUOW’s Kim Malcolm has interviewed various CIP researchers for their insights about how misinformation is shared and amplified and what people can do to be better information consumers.
Watch earlier Stand With the Facts virtual events:
SEPT. 22, 2020: Voting Security and What You Need to Know
Kate Starbird, CIP principal investigator and associate professor in UW’s Department of Human Centered Design and Engineering (HCDE); Kim Wyman, Washington secretary of state
JULY 21, 2020: Community Solutions to Combat Misinformation
Chris Coward, CIP principal investigator, senior principal research scientist at the UW Information School (iSchool) and director of the Technology and Social Change Group (TASCHA); Lisa G. Rosenblum, executive director of the King County Library System.
JULY 7, 2020: How Bots and Trolls Leverage a Crisis
Kate Starbird, CIP principal investigator and associate professor in UW’s Department of Human Centered Design and Engineering (HCDE)
JUNE 23, 2020: Finding Facts During a Crisis
Carl Bergstrom, CIP affiliate researcher and UW Department of Biology professor
JUNE 9, 2020: Big Tech and the Fight Against Misinformation
Ryan Calo, CIP principal investigator, UW School of Law associate professor and a faculty director of UW’s Tech Policy Lab
MAY 26, 2020: How to Spot Fact From Fiction During a Crisis
Jevin West, CIP director and UW Information School associate professor