Selected media coverage featuring faculty, researchers, and students from the Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering.
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December 29, 2020 | The Atlantic |
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December 29, 2020 | The Seattle Times |
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December 20, 2020 | KCBS Radio |
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December 19, 2020 | Venture Beat |
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December 9, 2020 | CBS News |
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November 17, 2020 | The Guardian |
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November 16, 2020 | Wired |
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November 11, 2020 | CNN |
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November 10, 2020 | The Associated Press False claims of voting fraud, pushed by Trump, thrive online Kate Starbird, associate professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering |
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November 9, 2020 | Washington Post Twitter and Facebook labels on Trump’s posts won’t save democracy Kate Starbird, associate professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering |
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November 5, 2020 | The Conversation |
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November 4, 2020 | Politico |
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November 1, 2020 | NPR |
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October 30, 2020 | Oklahoma Watch |
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October 30, 2020 | Kiro 7 UW social media expert: Election misinformation is an ‘attack on democracy’ Kate Starbird, associate professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering |
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October 30, 2020 | Washington Post The unseen machine pushing Trump’s social media megaphone into overdrive Kate Starbird, associate professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering |
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October 26, 2020 | Technology Review What to expect on Election Day Kate Starbird, associate professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering |
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October 26, 2020 | Science Magazine As U.S. election nears, researchers are following the trail of fake news Kate Starbird, associate professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering |
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October 26, 2020 | GeekWire Scholars tracking social media see efforts to delegitimize election, imperiling democracy Kate Starbird, associate professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering |
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October 20, 2020 | Washington Post Your guide to following the election on social media Kate Starbird, associate professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering |
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October 15, 2020 | NBC News For Trump's 'rigged' election claims, an online megaphone awaits Kate Starbird, associate professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering |
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October 13, 2020 | New York Times Magazine The First Amendment in the age of disinformation. Kate Starbird, associate professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering |
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October 13, 2020 | The Associated Press Report: Social media influencers push voting misinformation Kate Starbird, associate professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering |
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October 6, 2020 | Slate What Happens When Climate Change Denialism and Wildfires Collide Kate Starbird, associate professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering |
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October 2, 2020 | Kiro 7 Documenting changes in Seattle during the coronavirus era Scott Miles, senior research scientist Human Centered Design & Engineering |
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October 1, 2020 | Washington Post As QAnon grew, Facebook and Twitter missed years of warning signs about the conspiracy theory’s violent nature Kate Starbird, associate professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering |
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September 23, 2020 | NBC News Meet the 1st Latina pilot on the US aerobatic team Cecilia Aragon, professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering |
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September 22, 2020 | KUOW Video: Stand with the Facts: Voting security and what you need to know Kate Starbird, associate professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering |
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September 15, 2020 | King 5 |
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September 6, 2020 | Wired |
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September 1, 2020 | NBC News Critics want Twitter to halt its trending lists. Instead, Twitter will make tweaks. Kate Starbird, associate professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering |
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August 25, 2020 | Vice Algorithms Are Automating Fascism. Here’s How We Fight Back Os Keyes, PhD student in Human Centered Design & Engineering
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August 18, 2020 | Inverse Nadya Peek creates machines that can make (almost) anything Nadya Peek, Assistant Professor in Human Centered Design & Engineering
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August 16, 2020 | New Atlas AI surveillance study tracks criminals post release to cut recidivism Os Keyes, PhD student in Human Centered Design & Engineering
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August 14, 2020 | Venture Beat Problematic study on Indiana parolees seeks to predict recidivism with AI Os Keyes, PhD student in Human Centered Design & Engineering
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August 6, 2020 | The Los Angeles Times A ‘war room’ that arms Black and Latino voters against disinformation Kate Starbird, associate professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering
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August 3, 2020 | Upworthy Disinformation campaigns are prevalent during crises — here’s how you can protect yourself Kate Starbird, associate professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering
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July 29, 2020 | Fast Company Is the explosion of COVID-19 conspiracies changing people’s real-world behavior? Kate Starbird, associate professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering
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July 23, 2020 | The Conversation |
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July 22, 2020 | The Washington Post |
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July 21, 2020 | King 5 |
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July 14, 2020 | Venture Beat |
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July 9, 2020 | Edge Media Network |
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July 5, 2020 | The Seattle Times |
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June 18, 2020 | New Scientist |
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June 16, 2020 | The New York Times |
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June 4, 2020 | New Day Northwest |
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May 14, 2020 | NBC News These disinformation researchers saw the coronavirus 'infodemic' coming Kate Starbird, associate professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering |
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May 8, 2020 | The Chronicle of Higher Education The Quandary: How Can I Represent My Department in a Season of Budget Cuts? Cynthia Atman, professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering |
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May 8, 2020 | The Washington Post |
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April 29, 2020 | The Atlantic |
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April 27, 2020 | Brookings Tech Stream |
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April 20, 2020 | NPR |
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April 13, 2020 | The Washington Post |
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April 12, 2020 | Geekwire |
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April 10, 2020 | PBS News Hour |
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April 3, 2020 | New York Times |
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April 1, 2020 | ZD Net |
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March 14, 2020 | Mother Jones |
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March 19, 2020 | Centre for International Governance Innovation |
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March 16, 2020 | The Seattle Times |
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March 14, 2020 | The Guardian |
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March 13, 2020 | Axios |
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March 11, 2020 | Wired |
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March 11, 2020 | KUOW |
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March 2, 2020 | KUOW |
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March 2, 2020 | Seattle Met |
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February 24, 2020 | PC Mag |
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February 16, 2020 | KUOW |
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January 29, 2020 | The Huffington Post |
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January 25, 2020 | GeekWire ‘Think more, share less’: Fake news researchers offer tips to avoid online manipulation Kate Starbird, associate professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering |