Jun 8, 2021 | CIP Award for Excellence, News, Updates
A low-key, behind-the-scenes networked response to mis- and disinformation about the 2020 U.S. Census serves as a model for future multi-stakeholder collaborations. Mis- and disinformation is a networked problem, yet there are few demonstrations of a networked...
Jun 2, 2021 | News, Updates
During the University of Washington Information School’s recent Capstone 2021, where soon-to-graduate iSchool students presented projects where they applied skills and lessons from their coursework to solve a real-world information problem, often in partnership with a...
May 26, 2021 | Events, News, Uncategorized, Updates
By Vera Burgos On May 13, the University of Washington’s Center for an Informed Public and Tech Policy Lab co-hosted a virtual book talk featuring Kate Crawford, a leading scholar studying the social implications of artificial intelligence (AI) and author of the...
May 26, 2021 | News, Recent Press, Uncategorized, Updates
By Michael Grass During a May 4 keynote presentation at a virtual conference hosted by the George Washington University Institute for Data, Democracy & Politics, Kate Starbird, a University of Washington Center for an Informed Public cofounder and Human Centered...
May 25, 2021 | News, Uncategorized, Updates
By Michael Grass Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, there had been media reports about Amazon book search algorithms putting health- and vaccine-related misinformation at the top of reading lists. But as the pandemic has brought new attention to the risks of...
May 21, 2021 | Events, News, Updates
Four University of Washington Information School Capstone 2021 projects sponsored by the Center for an Informed Public will be presented during a virtual event on Thursday, May 27. This year’s Capstone gala event, which is open to the public, features nearly 100...
