Nov 16, 2023 | News, Research, Updates
The University of Washington’s Center for an Informed Public invites applications for up to two CIP postdoctoral fellows who will be hired as postdoctoral scholars. The CIP is particularly interested in studies of information flow in sociotechnical systems; the role...
Nov 7, 2023 | Education, News, Research, Updates
Public libraries are uniquely positioned to play a central role in addressing the informational challenges we all face but only if they’re connected with the resources, tools and latest research on media literacy, mis- and disinformation and ways to share and teach...
Nov 1, 2023 | Education, Events, News, Research, Uncategorized
By Michael Grass Center for an Informed Public University of Washington During “Generative Misinformation,” an October 27 talk at Town Hall Seattle sponsored by the University of Washington Graduate School’s Office of Public Lectures, iSchool associate professor and...
Oct 31, 2023 | News, Recent Press, Updates
News coverage from October 2023 about the Center for an Informed Public and CIP-affiliated research and researchers. The Seattle Times (October 6): “UW misinformation researchers will not buckle under political attacks” CIP director Kate Starbird wrote an op/ed for...
Oct 20, 2023 | News, Rapid Research Blog, Research, Updates
RAPID RESEARCH REPORT By Mike Caulfield, Mert Can Bayar and Ashlyn B. Aske University of Washington Center for an Informed Public Since the first news of the attack on Israel by Hamas, we have seen anecdotal reports from users of X (formerly Twitter) that the platform...
