Oct 22, 2021 | Education, MisinfoDay, News, Updates
Leading up to MisinfoDay 2022, the UW Center for an Informed Public, in partnership with the WSU Edward R. Murrow College of Communication, has launched a series of MisinfoDay Monthly video lessons for secondary students and educators. In our October MisinfoDay...
Oct 14, 2021 | News, Updates
Postdoctoral Scholar | Studying Rapid Response Misinformation Mitigation Efforts The University of Washington Center for an Informed Public (CIP) invites applications for a Postdoctoral Scholar to work on a recent National Science Foundation funded project titled...
Oct 8, 2021 | News, Research, Updates
The University of Washington Information School has named digital literacy expert Mike Caulfield as a research scientist who will lead the Center for an Informed Public’s rapid-response research program identifying, tracking and analyzing how mis- and disinformation...
Oct 7, 2021 | News, Uncategorized, Updates
By Michael Grass In September, iSchool associate professor Jevin West’s two-year term as faculty director of the University of Washington’s Center for an Informed Public (CIP) came to a close when the center’s directorship transitioned to co-founder Kate Starbird, a...
Sep 30, 2021 | News, Updates
The University of Washington’s Center for an Informed Public is welcoming five new doctoral students — four from the UW Information School (iSchool) and one from the UW Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering (HCDE) — who will be pursuing CIP-affiliated...
Sep 29, 2021 | News, Research, Updates
With $750,000 in phase 1 funding, a multidisciplinary team will work with a diverse set of local partners to better understand the ways people navigate issues of trust in information systems. A group of multidisciplinary researchers and partners led by the University...