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While rising temperatures and increasing concentrations of greenhouse gasses tend to steal the thunder of atmospheric-related news, air pollution is another nefarious anthropogenic factor negatively affecting the human condition. The World Health Organization estimates air pollution kills 7...
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A Drum in One Hand, a Sockeye in the Other
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In the dense rainforest of the west coast of Vancouver Island, the Somass River (c̓uumaʕas) brings sockeye salmon (miʕaat) into the Nuu-chah-nulth communi...
on Sep 24
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Faculty Employment Opportunities
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The University of Washington is committed to being one of the top information schools in the world. As part of this effort, we seek outstanding individuals...
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International Law and the Taliban's Legal Status: Emerging Recognition Criteria?
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After the American-mediated attempts at facilitating a negotiated transition failed in Doha, on August 15, 2021, the Taliban retook the Afghan capital and soon after re- established the “Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan” (2021-) along with a caretaker government. The forceful return of the Taliban...
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What to expect when we’re electing: The 5 moves of misleading election rumors
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Across the hundreds of rumors we have studied, we’ve found that there are five primary ways in which rumors about election processes and results mislead
on Sep 10
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An accessible foray into botany’s origins and how we can transform its futureColonial ambitions spawned imperial attitudes, theories, and practices that re...
on Sep 4
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Fostering a more informed public in Washington through media literacy education
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VIDEO: The CIP’s media literacy education work not only supports a more informed public, but also inspires teachers, librarians and other educators to apply these lessons and skills in their classr…
on Aug 28
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Growing up I didn’t visit many of the U. S. National Parks, but I did look to them as paragons of the natural world. Watching the majestic Grand Tetons or towering redwoods flash across my television screen inspired awe and love for these places. I remember watching nature programs depicting...
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Welcome the 2024–2025 speaker line-up! This year, the Office of Public Lectures will host speakers who will encourage us to explore the state of American democracy, race and social justice, climate...
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You’re invited to join KNKX, KUOW, and the University of Washington’s Center for an Informed Public (CIP) for Stand with the Facts: Protecting Election Integrity with special guest, NPR corre…
on Aug 14
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Is ‘weird-checking’ the new fact-checking?
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Examining social psychological principles that explain why Democrats’ strategy of calling ideas “weird” works
on Aug 13
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Making sense of rumors about the Trump assassination attempt
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We share some of what we have seen on social media and other online spaces in the aftermath of the Trump assassination attempt, and put that into context based on what we know about how people use …
on Jul 16
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Danielle Lee Tomson joins CIP as research manager for team studying election rumors
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As the University of Washington’s Center for an Informed Public ramps up work in 2024 studying election rumors, Danielle Lee Tomson is now leading efforts as research manager.
on Jul 13
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Using peer-reviewed research in misleading ways will likely re-emerge in the 2024 election or future election cycles.
on Jun 25
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Our researchers find a significant disparity in enforcing election integrity policies when comparing Spanish and English search results for queries related to rumors about election procedures and e…
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Examining mischaracterizations of voter registration data in Washington state
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There are often many explanations for why patterns and outliers occur in a dataset.
on May 14
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Inspired by the annual MisinfoDay in Washington state, a local media literacy coalition in Monterey County, California adapted the educational program to host the first MisinfoDay in the Golden Sta…
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Transforms our understanding of being unhoused in the United StatesTent City 3 provides Seattle’s unhoused people with a place to create and sustain not ju...
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Your contribution on Husky Giving Day is a catalyst for a student-centered initiative led by DiRAC and the Department of Astronomy! The
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The Center for an Informed Public’s election research in 2024
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Following our pathbreaking work in 2020 and 2022, CIP researchers continue to conduct “rapid research” identifying and analyzing rumors about U.S. election administration to support both informatio…
on Mar 24
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A boosted video resonates with ‘border crisis’ and ‘rigged election’ frames
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Examining the origins, content, and social media spread of a misleading video that connects U.S. border narratives to concerns with election integrity.
on Mar 15
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An Ecological History of Modern China
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Is environmental degradation an inevitable result of economic development? Can ecosystems be restored once government officials and the public are committed ...
on Mar 9
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Specialization in Developmental Editing
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Learn developmental editing skills by working on manuscripts, book proposals, article pitches and letters to the author.
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In 1958, Charles David Keeling began measuring the concentration of carbon dioxide in the earth's atmosphere at the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii. His proj...
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Foster School of Business | Foster School of Business
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Apply today to earn a top-ranked business degree from UW's Foster School of Business. Join our talented community and advance your career.
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Can provenance save us from a barrage of synthetic media?
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While provenance can indeed help people better calibrate trust and accuracy perceptions of media, it can also come with its own risks of misinterpretation
on Feb 29
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Assistant Professor, Teaching Track, in Software Development and Design
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The Information School of the University of Washington seeks an Assistant Teaching Professor in Software Development and Design. This position will be expe...
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Crisis events like the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza not only lead to the creation of a lot of information but also generate major demand for information amid great uncertainty …
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The Extraordinary Career of Stephen Bright | UW School of Law
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Faculty Colloquium guest Robert Tsai on his forthcoming book, Demand the Impossible: One Lawyer’s Pursuit of Equal Justice, about the decline of the death penalty through the lens of attorney Stephen Bright’s career.
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Islands of Seattle - The Whole U
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The Whole U aims to celebrate faculty and staff achievement and promote personal interests. With that in mind, we asked Jeffrey Linn to write this guest post about his map of Seattle’s possible...
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CIP seeks full-stack software engineer to support our researchers and mission
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The University of Washington’s Center for an Informed Public (CIP) is seeking a Full-stack Software Engineer to join the Engineering team to support cutting edge research in a societally critical f…
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Predictable errors and delays that have been the focus of previous election rumors were present in New Hampshire, but none of the allegations went viral.
on Jan 26
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Some criticism of misinformation research falls short because it fails to accurately represent the field it critiques.
on Jan 25
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New paper explores the risk of nationalist governance capture in self-governed Wikipedia projects
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Wikipedia is one of the most visited websites in the world and the largest online repository of human knowledge. It is also both a target of and a defense against misinformation, disinformation, an…
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Examining an early election conspiracy theory taking shape in Iowa
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As Iowa voters head into the first-in-the-nation presidential caucus, recent allegations shared on X point to a “conflict of interest” in vote counting but no specific wrong-doing is described.
on Jan 22
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UW School of Law seeks Visiting or Acting Assistant Professor for CIP Resident Legal Fellow position
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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 an Informed Public pursuing work in a…
on Jan 21
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The rumoring that wasn’t: A large margin for Trump in Iowa puts a damper on election rumoring
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Many of the small issues that have previously been the foundation of wide-scale groundless speculation went largely unnoticed online in Iowa.
on Jan 19
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In the Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, CIP researchers and colleagues present the promising results of three experimental investigations testing the potential effectiveness of …
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CIP News & Insights Newsletter | December 2023
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This is the web version of the December 2023 edition of the Center for an Informed Public‘s News & Insights newsletter that was originally sent out on December 14, 2023. ESSAY Facts, frames and…
on Dec 15
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CIP seeking applications for up to 2 postdoctoral scholars
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The University of Washington’s Center for an Informed Public invites applications for up to two CIP postdoctoral fellows who will be hired as postdoctoral scholars.
on Dec 15
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Facts, frames, and (mis)interpretations: Understanding rumors as collective sensemaking
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The communicative solution to pervasive misinformation is not better facts, but better frames.
on Dec 6
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Advertiser influence and platform accountability: The X dilemma
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Advertisers are in a unique position to push for a more responsible and ethical online environment, addressing a gap where platforms have been slow to act. But it must be done with caution.
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Resources | Climate Impacts Group
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The Climate Impacts Group provides a range of technical resources that can be used to help address climate impacts. Resources provided by the Climate Impacts Group include:Datasets: The Climate Impacts Group produces hydro-climatic data at various spatial scales for historical and projected...
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