Jan 6, 2021 | Events, News, Updates
Why should we care about having true beliefs? And why do demonstrably false beliefs persist and spread without apparent consequence for the people who hold them? It might seem that there’s an obvious reason that true beliefs matter: false beliefs will hurt you. But if...
Dec 22, 2020 | News, Updates
Do you (or someone you know) have a JD, LLM or PhD in Law and have an interest in studying misinformation? The University of Washington School of Law is seeking a Visiting or Acting Assistant Professor who will also serve as a Resident Legal Fellow at the Center for...
Dec 17, 2020 | News, Updates
By Michael Grass When University of Washington President Ana Mari Cauce and Washington State University President Kirk Schulz shook hands to officially launch the Center for an Informed Public on Dec. 3, 2019 during an event on UW’s Seattle campus, nobody on stage...
Dec 16, 2020 | News, Updates
By Elliot Trotter Amid a continued onslaught of misinformation online, older adults often face an added challenge of identifying truth and spotting scams in digital spaces, texts and nightly news. To Center for an Informed Public director Jevin West, a partnership...
Nov 17, 2020 | News, Updates
This fall, the Center for an Informed Public awarded 2020 Innovation Fund grants to seven proposed projects, funding that will help support collaborative, multi-disciplinary, and timely projects intended to advance the CIP’s mission to resist strategic misinformation,...
Oct 19, 2020 | News, Updates
SEATTLE (October 19, 2020) — The Trusted Journalism Partnership, a coalition of nonpartisan academic and media organizations, today launched a public information campaign focusing on people aged 65 and over, encouraging them to take a reflective pause and consider...
