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  1. In a @Poynter article, MediaWise director Alex Mahadevan writes that despite the ongoing legal and political attacks that academic researchers studying mis- and disinformation have been facing, he's "hopeful knowing how determined academics are to keep up their work in 2024," including @uwcip co-founder @katestarbird

    poynter.org/commentary/2024/mi

    #UWCIP #Misinformation #MisinformationResearch

  2. In a @Poynter article, MediaWise director Alex Mahadevan writes that despite the ongoing legal and political attacks that academic researchers studying mis- and disinformation have been facing, he's "hopeful knowing how determined academics are to keep up their work in 2024," including @uwcip co-founder @katestarbird

    poynter.org/commentary/2024/mi

    #UWCIP #Misinformation #MisinformationResearch

  3. In a @Poynter article, MediaWise director Alex Mahadevan writes that despite the ongoing legal and political attacks that academic researchers studying mis- and disinformation have been facing, he's "hopeful knowing how determined academics are to keep up their work in 2024," including @uwcip co-founder @katestarbird

    poynter.org/commentary/2024/mi

    #UWCIP #Misinformation #MisinformationResearch

  4. In a @Poynter article, MediaWise director Alex Mahadevan writes that despite the ongoing legal and political attacks that academic researchers studying mis- and disinformation have been facing, he's "hopeful knowing how determined academics are to keep up their work in 2024," including @uwcip co-founder @katestarbird

    poynter.org/commentary/2024/mi

    #UWCIP #Misinformation #MisinformationResearch

  5. In a @Poynter article, MediaWise director Alex Mahadevan writes that despite the ongoing legal and political attacks that academic researchers studying mis- and disinformation have been facing, he's "hopeful knowing how determined academics are to keep up their work in 2024," including @uwcip co-founder @katestarbird

    poynter.org/commentary/2024/mi

    #UWCIP #Misinformation #MisinformationResearch

  6. As @uwcip research scientist @mikecaulfield recently told @politifact in an interview, the "tools that researchers would generally use to answer a question like ‘is there more or less misinformation’ have been taken away" since X, formerly known as Twitter, made big changes earlier this year to restrict access to its API: politifact.com/article/2023/oc

    #UWCIP #Misinformation #MisinformationResearch #SocialMedia

  7. As @uwcip research scientist @mikecaulfield recently told @politifact in an interview, the "tools that researchers would generally use to answer a question like ‘is there more or less misinformation’ have been taken away" since X, formerly known as Twitter, made big changes earlier this year to restrict access to its API: politifact.com/article/2023/oc

    #UWCIP #Misinformation #MisinformationResearch #SocialMedia

  8. As @uwcip research scientist @mikecaulfield recently told @politifact in an interview, the "tools that researchers would generally use to answer a question like ‘is there more or less misinformation’ have been taken away" since X, formerly known as Twitter, made big changes earlier this year to restrict access to its API: politifact.com/article/2023/oc

    #UWCIP #Misinformation #MisinformationResearch #SocialMedia

  9. As @uwcip research scientist @mikecaulfield recently told @politifact in an interview, the "tools that researchers would generally use to answer a question like ‘is there more or less misinformation’ have been taken away" since X, formerly known as Twitter, made big changes earlier this year to restrict access to its API: politifact.com/article/2023/oc

    #UWCIP #Misinformation #MisinformationResearch #SocialMedia

  10. As @uwcip research scientist @mikecaulfield recently told @politifact in an interview, the "tools that researchers would generally use to answer a question like ‘is there more or less misinformation’ have been taken away" since X, formerly known as Twitter, made big changes earlier this year to restrict access to its API: politifact.com/article/2023/oc

    #UWCIP #Misinformation #MisinformationResearch #SocialMedia

  11. In their @uwcip rapid research report, Caulfield and Starbird also examined Twitter/X discourse around the Lahaina fires on Maui. They write: "Both during the fires themselves and in the aftermath, X discourse has leaned into conspiracism, with much of the discourse centering around theories the fires may have been deliberate." [3/3]

    Read their report: cip.uw.edu/2023/08/31/youtube-

    #UWCIP #Wildifires #Misinformation #MisinformationResearch #SocialMedia #Maui #Lahaina

  12. In their @uwcip rapid research report, Caulfield and Starbird also examined Twitter/X discourse around the Lahaina fires on Maui. They write: "Both during the fires themselves and in the aftermath, X discourse has leaned into conspiracism, with much of the discourse centering around theories the fires may have been deliberate." [3/3]

    Read their report: cip.uw.edu/2023/08/31/youtube-

    #UWCIP #Wildifires #Misinformation #MisinformationResearch #SocialMedia #Maui #Lahaina

  13. In their @uwcip rapid research report, Caulfield and Starbird also examined Twitter/X discourse around the Lahaina fires on Maui. They write: "Both during the fires themselves and in the aftermath, X discourse has leaned into conspiracism, with much of the discourse centering around theories the fires may have been deliberate." [3/3]

    Read their report: cip.uw.edu/2023/08/31/youtube-

    #UWCIP #Wildifires #Misinformation #MisinformationResearch #SocialMedia #Maui #Lahaina

  14. In their @uwcip rapid research report, Caulfield and Starbird also examined Twitter/X discourse around the Lahaina fires on Maui. They write: "Both during the fires themselves and in the aftermath, X discourse has leaned into conspiracism, with much of the discourse centering around theories the fires may have been deliberate." [3/3]

    Read their report: cip.uw.edu/2023/08/31/youtube-

    #UWCIP #Wildifires #Misinformation #MisinformationResearch #SocialMedia #Maui #Lahaina

  15. In their @uwcip rapid research report, Caulfield and Starbird also examined Twitter/X discourse around the Lahaina fires on Maui. They write: "Both during the fires themselves and in the aftermath, X discourse has leaned into conspiracism, with much of the discourse centering around theories the fires may have been deliberate." [3/3]

    Read their report: cip.uw.edu/2023/08/31/youtube-

    #UWCIP #Wildifires #Misinformation #MisinformationResearch #SocialMedia #Maui #Lahaina

  16. Caulfield and Starbird write: “Given past research about some of the failings of YouTube search and recommendations, the strong performance of the search engine during an unfolding event was a welcome surprise, and adds to recent research showing that YouTube’s algorithms do not currently seem to be a driver of new viewers to extremist or alternative media content.” [2/3]

    #UWCIP #YouTube #MisinformationResearch

  17. Caulfield and Starbird write: “Given past research about some of the failings of YouTube search and recommendations, the strong performance of the search engine during an unfolding event was a welcome surprise, and adds to recent research showing that YouTube’s algorithms do not currently seem to be a driver of new viewers to extremist or alternative media content.” [2/3]

    #UWCIP #YouTube #MisinformationResearch

  18. Caulfield and Starbird write: “Given past research about some of the failings of YouTube search and recommendations, the strong performance of the search engine during an unfolding event was a welcome surprise, and adds to recent research showing that YouTube’s algorithms do not currently seem to be a driver of new viewers to extremist or alternative media content.” [2/3]

    #UWCIP #YouTube #MisinformationResearch

  19. Caulfield and Starbird write: “Given past research about some of the failings of YouTube search and recommendations, the strong performance of the search engine during an unfolding event was a welcome surprise, and adds to recent research showing that YouTube’s algorithms do not currently seem to be a driver of new viewers to extremist or alternative media content.” [2/3]

    #UWCIP #YouTube #MisinformationResearch

  20. Caulfield and Starbird write: “Given past research about some of the failings of YouTube search and recommendations, the strong performance of the search engine during an unfolding event was a welcome surprise, and adds to recent research showing that YouTube’s algorithms do not currently seem to be a driver of new viewers to extremist or alternative media content.” [2/3]

    #UWCIP #YouTube #MisinformationResearch

  21. "As researchers and journalists and people that care about transparency and understanding what's going on, it's much harder today to understand what's going on on social media than it was three years ago," @uwcip director @katestarbird said in a recent Public Health Connects conversation with WA Secretary of Health Umair Shah about Starbird's research into how rumors, mis- and disinformation spread online.

    Learn more: youtube.com/watch?v=s2t5S1Ziv0

    #UWCIP #WA #SocialMedia #MisinformationResearch

  22. "As researchers and journalists and people that care about transparency and understanding what's going on, it's much harder today to understand what's going on on social media than it was three years ago," @uwcip director @katestarbird said in a recent Public Health Connects conversation with WA Secretary of Health Umair Shah about Starbird's research into how rumors, mis- and disinformation spread online.

    Learn more: youtube.com/watch?v=s2t5S1Ziv0

    #UWCIP #WA #SocialMedia #MisinformationResearch

  23. "As researchers and journalists and people that care about transparency and understanding what's going on, it's much harder today to understand what's going on on social media than it was three years ago," @uwcip director @katestarbird said in a recent Public Health Connects conversation with WA Secretary of Health Umair Shah about Starbird's research into how rumors, mis- and disinformation spread online.

    Learn more: youtube.com/watch?v=s2t5S1Ziv0

    #UWCIP #WA #SocialMedia #MisinformationResearch

  24. "As researchers and journalists and people that care about transparency and understanding what's going on, it's much harder today to understand what's going on on social media than it was three years ago," @uwcip director @katestarbird said in a recent Public Health Connects conversation with WA Secretary of Health Umair Shah about Starbird's research into how rumors, mis- and disinformation spread online.

    Learn more: youtube.com/watch?v=s2t5S1Ziv0

    #UWCIP #WA #SocialMedia #MisinformationResearch

  25. "As researchers and journalists and people that care about transparency and understanding what's going on, it's much harder today to understand what's going on on social media than it was three years ago," @uwcip director @katestarbird said in a recent Public Health Connects conversation with WA Secretary of Health Umair Shah about Starbird's research into how rumors, mis- and disinformation spread online.

    Learn more: youtube.com/watch?v=s2t5S1Ziv0

    #UWCIP #WA #SocialMedia #MisinformationResearch

  26. In a new article in The Atlantic, "Nextdoor Has an Election Misinformation Problem," @uwcip legal fellow Eli Sanders examines a situation from Mercer Island, WA where some community moderators say that the social network is being exploited for political gain.

    theatlantic.com/technology/arc

    #UWCIP #Nextdoor #WA #Seattle #PNW #MisinformationResearch

  27. In a new article in The Atlantic, "Nextdoor Has an Election Misinformation Problem," @uwcip legal fellow Eli Sanders examines a situation from Mercer Island, WA where some community moderators say that the social network is being exploited for political gain.

    theatlantic.com/technology/arc

    #UWCIP #Nextdoor #WA #Seattle #PNW #MisinformationResearch

  28. In a new article in The Atlantic, "Nextdoor Has an Election Misinformation Problem," @uwcip legal fellow Eli Sanders examines a situation from Mercer Island, WA where some community moderators say that the social network is being exploited for political gain.

    theatlantic.com/technology/arc

    #UWCIP #Nextdoor #WA #Seattle #PNW #MisinformationResearch

  29. In a new article in The Atlantic, "Nextdoor Has an Election Misinformation Problem," @uwcip legal fellow Eli Sanders examines a situation from Mercer Island, WA where some community moderators say that the social network is being exploited for political gain.

    theatlantic.com/technology/arc

    #UWCIP #Nextdoor #WA #Seattle #PNW #MisinformationResearch

  30. In a new article in The Atlantic, "Nextdoor Has an Election Misinformation Problem," @uwcip legal fellow Eli Sanders examines a situation from Mercer Island, WA where some community moderators say that the social network is being exploited for political gain.

    theatlantic.com/technology/arc

    #UWCIP #Nextdoor #WA #Seattle #PNW #MisinformationResearch

  31. In a recently published Issues in Science and Technology article, @uwcip co-founders Emma Spiro and @katestarbird explore how decades-old research about how and why people share rumors is even more relevant today in a world with social media.

    Spiro and Starbird write: "The study of rumors, which surged around World War II, is still very relevant."

    ➡️ Read more: cip.uw.edu/2023/05/19/spiro-st

    #UWCIP #Misinformation #Rumors #MisinformationResearch

  32. In a recently published Issues in Science and Technology article, @uwcip co-founders Emma Spiro and @katestarbird explore how decades-old research about how and why people share rumors is even more relevant today in a world with social media.

    Spiro and Starbird write: "The study of rumors, which surged around World War II, is still very relevant."

    ➡️ Read more: cip.uw.edu/2023/05/19/spiro-st

    #UWCIP #Misinformation #Rumors #MisinformationResearch

  33. In a recently published Issues in Science and Technology article, @uwcip co-founders Emma Spiro and @katestarbird explore how decades-old research about how and why people share rumors is even more relevant today in a world with social media.

    Spiro and Starbird write: "The study of rumors, which surged around World War II, is still very relevant."

    ➡️ Read more: cip.uw.edu/2023/05/19/spiro-st

    #UWCIP #Misinformation #Rumors #MisinformationResearch

  34. In a recently published Issues in Science and Technology article, @uwcip co-founders Emma Spiro and @katestarbird explore how decades-old research about how and why people share rumors is even more relevant today in a world with social media.

    Spiro and Starbird write: "The study of rumors, which surged around World War II, is still very relevant."

    ➡️ Read more: cip.uw.edu/2023/05/19/spiro-st

    #UWCIP #Misinformation #Rumors #MisinformationResearch

  35. In a recently published Issues in Science and Technology article, @uwcip co-founders Emma Spiro and @katestarbird explore how decades-old research about how and why people share rumors is even more relevant today in a world with social media.

    Spiro and Starbird write: "The study of rumors, which surged around World War II, is still very relevant."

    ➡️ Read more: cip.uw.edu/2023/05/19/spiro-st

    #UWCIP #Misinformation #Rumors #MisinformationResearch

  36. From the article co-authored by Spiro and Starbird: "Certainly, communication has changed dramatically since party-line telephone calls and black-and-white television, but scholarship from that era holds critical insights that are essential to the digital era. The study of rumors, which surged around World War II, is still very relevant."

    seattletimes.com/opinion/asses

    issues.org/rumors-research-mis

  37. From the article co-authored by Spiro and Starbird: "Certainly, communication has changed dramatically since party-line telephone calls and black-and-white television, but scholarship from that era holds critical insights that are essential to the digital era. The study of rumors, which surged around World War II, is still very relevant."

    seattletimes.com/opinion/asses

    issues.org/rumors-research-mis

    #UWCIP #Rumors #Misinformation #MisinformationResearch

  38. From the article co-authored by Spiro and Starbird: "Certainly, communication has changed dramatically since party-line telephone calls and black-and-white television, but scholarship from that era holds critical insights that are essential to the digital era. The study of rumors, which surged around World War II, is still very relevant."

    seattletimes.com/opinion/asses

    issues.org/rumors-research-mis

    #UWCIP #Rumors #Misinformation #MisinformationResearch

  39. From the article co-authored by Spiro and Starbird: "Certainly, communication has changed dramatically since party-line telephone calls and black-and-white television, but scholarship from that era holds critical insights that are essential to the digital era. The study of rumors, which surged around World War II, is still very relevant."

    seattletimes.com/opinion/asses

    issues.org/rumors-research-mis

    #UWCIP #Rumors #Misinformation #MisinformationResearch

  40. From the article co-authored by Spiro and Starbird: "Certainly, communication has changed dramatically since party-line telephone calls and black-and-white television, but scholarship from that era holds critical insights that are essential to the digital era. The study of rumors, which surged around World War II, is still very relevant."

    seattletimes.com/opinion/asses

    issues.org/rumors-research-mis

    #UWCIP #Rumors #Misinformation #MisinformationResearch

  41. “The first rule of a good online community user interface is to 'help the helpers.′ This is the opposite of that,” @uwcip research scientist @mikecaulfield said in an interview with the Associated Press. “It takes a community of people who want to help boost good information, and robs them of the tools to make fast, accurate decisions.”

    apnews.com/article/twitter-ver

    #UWCIP #Misinformation #MisinformationResearch

  42. “The first rule of a good online community user interface is to 'help the helpers.′ This is the opposite of that,” @uwcip research scientist @mikecaulfield said in an interview with the Associated Press. “It takes a community of people who want to help boost good information, and robs them of the tools to make fast, accurate decisions.”

    apnews.com/article/twitter-ver

    #UWCIP #Misinformation #MisinformationResearch

  43. “The first rule of a good online community user interface is to 'help the helpers.′ This is the opposite of that,” @uwcip research scientist @mikecaulfield said in an interview with the Associated Press. “It takes a community of people who want to help boost good information, and robs them of the tools to make fast, accurate decisions.”

    apnews.com/article/twitter-ver

    #UWCIP #Misinformation #MisinformationResearch

  44. “The first rule of a good online community user interface is to 'help the helpers.′ This is the opposite of that,” @uwcip research scientist @mikecaulfield said in an interview with the Associated Press. “It takes a community of people who want to help boost good information, and robs them of the tools to make fast, accurate decisions.”

    apnews.com/article/twitter-ver

    #UWCIP #Misinformation #MisinformationResearch

  45. “The first rule of a good online community user interface is to 'help the helpers.′ This is the opposite of that,” @uwcip research scientist @mikecaulfield said in an interview with the Associated Press. “It takes a community of people who want to help boost good information, and robs them of the tools to make fast, accurate decisions.”

    apnews.com/article/twitter-ver

    #UWCIP #Misinformation #MisinformationResearch

  46. In a recently published paper in the Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction (CSCW), a group of @uwcip affiliated researchers, led by UW Information School PhD student Stephen Prochaska, present a framework for understanding the interaction between participatory disinformation and informal and tactical mobilization based on three case studies from the 2020 U.S. elections. [1/2]

    Learn more about this work: cip.uw.edu/2023/04/26/particip

    #UWCIP #MisinformationResearch #Disinformation

  47. In a recently published paper in the Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction (CSCW), a group of @uwcip affiliated researchers, led by UW Information School PhD student Stephen Prochaska, present a framework for understanding the interaction between participatory disinformation and informal and tactical mobilization based on three case studies from the 2020 U.S. elections. [1/2]

    Learn more about this work: cip.uw.edu/2023/04/26/particip

    #UWCIP #MisinformationResearch #Disinformation

  48. In a recently published paper in the Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction (CSCW), a group of @uwcip affiliated researchers, led by UW Information School PhD student Stephen Prochaska, present a framework for understanding the interaction between participatory disinformation and informal and tactical mobilization based on three case studies from the 2020 U.S. elections. [1/2]

    Learn more about this work: cip.uw.edu/2023/04/26/particip

    #UWCIP #MisinformationResearch #Disinformation

  49. In a recently published paper in the Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction (CSCW), a group of @uwcip affiliated researchers, led by UW Information School PhD student Stephen Prochaska, present a framework for understanding the interaction between participatory disinformation and informal and tactical mobilization based on three case studies from the 2020 U.S. elections. [1/2]

    Learn more about this work: cip.uw.edu/2023/04/26/particip

    #UWCIP #MisinformationResearch #Disinformation

  50. In a recently published paper in the Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction (CSCW), a group of @uwcip affiliated researchers, led by UW Information School PhD student Stephen Prochaska, present a framework for understanding the interaction between participatory disinformation and informal and tactical mobilization based on three case studies from the 2020 U.S. elections. [1/2]

    Learn more about this work: cip.uw.edu/2023/04/26/particip

    #UWCIP #MisinformationResearch #Disinformation

  51. In a virtual presentation hosted by the Network of the National Library of Medicine from earlier this month, @uwcip co-founder Jevin West, a UW Information School associate professor, discussed the "etiology of medical misinformation."

    Watch and learn: youtu.be/VRAY0522BM8

    #Misinformation #MisinformationResearch #MedicalMisinformation #HealthLiteracy #UWCIP

  52. In a virtual presentation hosted by the Network of the National Library of Medicine from earlier this month, @uwcip co-founder Jevin West, a UW Information School associate professor, discussed the "etiology of medical misinformation."

    Watch and learn: youtu.be/VRAY0522BM8

    #Misinformation #MisinformationResearch #MedicalMisinformation #HealthLiteracy #UWCIP

  53. In a virtual presentation hosted by the Network of the National Library of Medicine from earlier this month, @uwcip co-founder Jevin West, a UW Information School associate professor, discussed the "etiology of medical misinformation."

    Watch and learn: youtu.be/VRAY0522BM8

    #Misinformation #MisinformationResearch #MedicalMisinformation #HealthLiteracy #UWCIP

  54. In a virtual presentation hosted by the Network of the National Library of Medicine from earlier this month, @uwcip co-founder Jevin West, a UW Information School associate professor, discussed the "etiology of medical misinformation."

    Watch and learn: youtu.be/VRAY0522BM8

    #Misinformation #MisinformationResearch #MedicalMisinformation #HealthLiteracy #UWCIP

  55. In a virtual presentation hosted by the Network of the National Library of Medicine from earlier this month, @uwcip co-founder Jevin West, a UW Information School associate professor, discussed the "etiology of medical misinformation."

    Watch and learn: youtu.be/VRAY0522BM8

    #Misinformation #MisinformationResearch #MedicalMisinformation #HealthLiteracy #UWCIP