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‘Facts in the Time of COVID-19’ exhibit helps you navigate pandemic’s infodemic
Check out the "Facts in the Time of COVID-19" virtual exhibit, a collaboration between the Pacific Science Center and the Center for an Informed Public.
Recent Press
Bill Nye features CIP’s Bergstrom on podcast episode about epidemiology and misinformation
CIP affiliate researcher Carl Bergstrom was a recent guest on Bill Nye's Science Rules! podcast.
CIP affiliate researcher Mary Fan interviewed about how police body cameras and bystander video can tell different stories
The Verge recently interviewed CIP affiliate researcher Mary Fan about how police body cameras and bystander video can tell different stories.
Seattle Times editorial board cites CIP’s ‘urgently needed research’
In a recent editorial about the social media during crisis situations, The Seattle Times Editorial Board cited the work of the Center for an Informed Public to conduct "urgently needed research to help regulators and social-media platforms come together to tame this Wild West of information without impinging on free speech."
CIP’s Kate Starbird discusses misinformation and breaking news Twitter accounts
Studying misinformation shared following the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings, Starbird and a team of academics found that a popular breaking news Twitter account shared three of six false rumors they had identified.
In Washington Post article, CIP researchers detail how misinformation can be amplified
CIP researchers share new research examining how a recent example of widely shared misinformation was amplified and spread by influential Twitter users.
Marketplace interviews CIP’s Ryan Calo about drones and other emerging tech for COVID-19
Molly Wood of American Public Media’s Marketplace recently interviewed Ryan Calo, a Center for an Informed Public principal investigator, about aerial drones and other emerging technology that companies are touting for COVID-19 surveillance.
