News coverage from July 2022 featuring the UW Center for an Informed Public and CIP-affiliated research and researchers.
- Phys.org (July 1): “How managers of social media platform could slow the spread of misinformation”
A recent paper from a team of CIP researchers and published in the in Nature Human Behaviour, “Combining interventions to reduce the spread of viral misinformation,” was featured in a Phys.org article.
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- CNET (July 1): “Twitter could take these steps to slow viral misinformation researchers say”
CIP co-founder Jevin West, a UW iSchool associate professor, was interviewed for a story about a CIP-led paper published in Nature Human Behaviour, “Combining interventions to reduce the spread of viral misinformation.”
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- The Seattle Times (July 17): “Poll: Most WA residents blame trump for Jan. 6 attack but many Republicans don’t”
The Seattle Times reports on results from the WA Poll, a statewide survey partnership from The Seattle Times, KING 5 TV in Seattle, UW’s Center for an Informed Public and Washington State University’s Edward R. Murrow College of Communication.
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- The Seattle Times (July 21): “WA Poll shows just how many Republicans distrust election results, vote by mail”
The Seattle Times featured results from the WA Poll, a statewide survey partnership which includes the UW CIP, on trust in elections and trust in Washington’s vote-by-mail system. Comments from CIP research scientist Mike Caulfield and postdoctoral fellow Rachel E. Moran are featured.
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- KING 5 TV (July 21) “Local leaders coming together to combat election misinformation ahead of Aug. 2 primary”
CIP research scientist Mike Caulfield and CIP postdoctoral fellow Rachel E. Moran, who joined Washington Secretary of State Steve Hobbs for a media roundtable discussion, were interviewed about their work to monitor and analyze election-related misinformation.
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- The New York Times (July 24): “Ties between Alex Jones and radio network show economics of misinformation”
In an interview with The New York Times, CIP postdoctoral researcher Rachel E. Moran commented on litigation taken against Alex Jones and Genesis Communication Network. “It seems to be, for the first time in a long time, a very tangible route to actually holding people accountable for the harm they’re causing and the ways in which they’re profiting off that harm.”
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- The (Everett) Herald (July 24): “Editorial: The damage done by Trump’s refusal to concede”
In a Sunday editorial, The Herald noted the results of a statewide poll commissioned by the UW CIP, WSU Murrow College of Communication, The Seattle Times and KING 5 about trust in elections.
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- GeekWire (July 24): “High school students in Seattle educate community on how to identify and combat misinformation”
MisinfoNight at Ballard High School, inspired by the annual MisinfoDay event co-organized by the UW CIP, was featured in GeekWire, including an interview with CIP research scientist Mike Caulfield.
