News coverage from February 2024 about the Center for an Informed Public and CIP-affiliated research and researchers.
- The Atlantic (February 8): “‘Evidence maximalism’ is how the internet argues now”
CIP research scientist Mike Caulfield was interviewed by The Atlantic’s Charlie Warzel for an article about “evidence maximalism,” a simple theory for why the internet is so conspiratorial.
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- The Seattle Channel (February 9): “Washington voters’ deepfake dilemma in 2024 elections”
In a CityInside/Out interview on The Seattle Channel, CIP co-founder Kate Starbird, a UW Human Centered Design & Engineering associate professor, joined Washington Secretary of State Steve Hobbs for a discussion about election misinformation and deepfakes.
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- UW Daily (February 9): “HUB hosts Mert Bayar, Kate Starbird, and Mike Caulfield for fourth lecture in “War in the Middle East” series”
The UW Daily had an article featuring a February 6 lecture and discussion with CIP postdoctoral scholar Mert Can Bayar, research scientist Mike Caulfield and director Kate Starbird that hosted by the UW Jackson School of International Studies and featured a presentation by Bayar about the CIP’s October 2023 rapid research report on the “new elites” of Twitter/X.
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- Houston Chronicle (February 16): “Groups spread misinformation about Lakewood shooting suspect, despite flimsy foundation”
CIP director and co-founder Kate Starbird, a UW Human Centered Design & Engineering associate professor, was interviewed for a Houston Chronicle article examining misinformation that emerged about the suspect of a Feb. 11 shooting at a Lakewood, Texas church. “A lot of people spreading those things, they don’t care whether or not that’s true, because it fits their political goal,” Starbird said. “The veracity isn’t as important to them as the political valence.”
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- Good Morning America / ABC News (February 21): “Lawyer of student who tracks Taylor Swift’s private jet says his client is ‘not going to buckle’”
CIP co-founder Ryan Calo, a professor in the UW School of Law and Information School, was interviewed on ABC’s Good Morning America regarding Taylor Swift’s lawsuit against a teenager who developed a plane-tracking site.
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- KUOW Public Radio (February 21): “Scary good or just plain scary? OpenAI’s text-to-video tool amazes some, worries others”
CIP co-founder Jevin West, a UW Information School associate professor, was interviewed by KUOW Public Radio’s Soundside to discuss OpenAI’s text-to-video tool and its impacts.
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- Lynden Tribune (February 25): “WCLS asks: Can you spot a scam?”
Whatcom County Library System director Christine Perkins wrote a column, originally published in the Lynden Tribune and republished on the WCLS website, that details an ongoing collaboration with CIP researchers, including the development of three quizzes to educate people about how to avoid falling for scams.
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- KUOW Public Radio (February 27): “‘Deepfakes’ want to sway your vote. Here’s how to spot them”
CIP co-founder Jevin West, a UW Information School associate professor, was interviewed by KUOW Public Radio for a segment on detecting deepfakes and other synthetic media.
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- News Decoder (February 29): “Building media literacy into school curriculums worldwide”
CIP co-founder Jevin West, a UW Information School associate professor, was interviewed as part of an article by News Decoder exploring media literacy education and curriculum development.
