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...
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...
Sep 25, 2023 | News, Updates
The University of Washington’s Center for an Informed Public has added two new postdoctoral scholars starting for the fall academic quarter, Mert Can Bayar and Yiwei Xu. Bayar, based at the UW Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering, is joining the CIP...
Aug 1, 2023 | News, Recent Press, Updates
In a recent Wired interview, University of Washington Center for an Informed Public director Kate Starbird, a UW Human Centered Design and Engineering associate professor, discussed how generative AI is lowering the financial barrier for creating content that’s...
Jul 17, 2023 | Research, Updates
In a recently published peer-reviewed paper, a group of researchers led by UW Human Centered Design & Engineering doctoral student Joseph S. Schafer used a process of design fiction, or creating imaginary, speculative artifacts as a tool for reflection and...
