Jul 27, 2022 | News, Newsletter, Updates
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...
Jul 25, 2022 | News, Updates
Founded in December 2019, the Center for an Informed Public is a collaborative, multidisciplinary research center at the University of Washington in Seattle that brings together faculty, staff, students, and community partners in service of a core mission to resist...
Jul 22, 2022 | News, Research, Updates
71% of Washington voters have high or moderate trust in the state’s vote-by-mail elections, according to a SurveyUSA poll, sponsored by UW’s Center for an Informed Public, WSU’s Murrow College of Communication, The Seattle Times and KING 5. An exclusive poll in...
Jul 1, 2022 | News, Research
An analysis of Breitbart News tweets — and quote tweets of their tweets — illustrates how politically-partisan media contribute to the spread of misleading stories on social media. By the University of Washington’s Center for an Informed Public In...
Jun 28, 2022 | News, Newsletter, Recent Press
Explore news coverage from June 2022 featuring the Center for an Informed Public and CIP-affiliated research and researchers. Open Mind (June 2): “How science fuels a culture of misinformation” In an Open Mind magazine article, which was republished by Nieman Lab,...
Jun 14, 2022 | Education, MisinfoDay, News
Approximately 300 students at Ballard High School in Seattle, joined by their teachers and parents, gathered for MisinfoNight on June 9, the culmination of student project work where they end up teaching adults valuable skills for fact-checking, contextualizing claims...
