2020 | Human Centered Design & Engineering

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	December 29, 2020 \| The Atlantic Where Year Two of the Pandemic Will Take Us Kate Starbird, associate professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering
	December 29, 2020 \| The Seattle Times The UW turned 2020 into a course. You’re invited to check it out. Kate Starbird, associate professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering
	December 20, 2020 \| KCBS Radio Algorithms used in Covid-19 vaccine distribution are bringing up some concerns Os Keyes, PhD student in Human Centered Design & Engineering
	December 19, 2020 \| Venture Beat COVID-19 vaccine distribution algorithms may cement health care inequalities Os Keyes, PhD student in Human Centered Design & Engineering
	December 9, 2020 \| CBS News Examining the impact of "participatory disinformation" on society Kate Starbird, associate professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering
	November 17, 2020 \| The Guardian Why US ballot count live streams became misinformation magnets Kate Starbird, associate professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering
	November 16, 2020 \| Wired Making gender-neutral emojis is more complicated than you think Os Keyes, PhD student in Human Centered Design & Engineering
	November 11, 2020 \| CNN Misinformation channels claim Biden is no longer President-elect. That's not true. Kate Starbird, associate professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering
	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
	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
	November 5, 2020 \| The Conversation 5 types of misinformation to watch out for while ballots are being counted – and after Kate Starbird, associate professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering
	November 4, 2020 \| Politico Silicon Valley braces for election misinformation after Trump’s false victory claim Kate Starbird, associate professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering
	November 1, 2020 \| NPR Researchers Prepare For Deluge Of Election Night Misinformation Kate Starbird, associate professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering
	October 30, 2020 \| Oklahoma Watch These Oklahoma Politicians Gave Misinformation a Boost Andrew Beers, PhD student in Human Centered Design & Engineering
	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
	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
	October 26, 2020 \| Technology Review What to expect on Election Day Kate Starbird, associate professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering
	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
	October 26, 2020 \| GeekWire Scholars tracking social media see efforts to delegitimize election, imperiling democracy Kate Starbird, associate professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering
	October 20, 2020 \| Washington Post Your guide to following the election on social media Kate Starbird, associate professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering
	October 15, 2020 \| NBC News For Trump's 'rigged' election claims, an online megaphone awaits Kate Starbird, associate professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering
	October 13, 2020 \| New York Times Magazine The First Amendment in the age of disinformation. Kate Starbird, associate professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering
	October 13, 2020 \| The Associated Press Report: Social media influencers push voting misinformation Kate Starbird, associate professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering
	October 6, 2020 \| Slate What Happens When Climate Change Denialism and Wildfires Collide Kate Starbird, associate professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering
	October 2, 2020 \| Kiro 7 Documenting changes in Seattle during the coronavirus era Scott Miles, senior research scientist Human Centered Design & Engineering
	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
	September 23, 2020 \| NBC News Meet the 1st Latina pilot on the US aerobatic team Cecilia Aragon, professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering
	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
	September 15, 2020 \| King 5 How to avoid spreading misinformation in times of crisis Kate Starbird, associate professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering
	September 6, 2020 \| Wired Doctors and Nurses Take to TikTok to Fight Covid Myths Kate Starbird, associate professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering
	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
	August 25, 2020 \| Vice Algorithms Are Automating Fascism. Here’s How We Fight Back Os Keyes, PhD student in Human Centered Design & Engineering
	August 18, 2020 \| Inverse Nadya Peek creates machines that can make (almost) anything Nadya Peek, Assistant Professor in Human Centered Design & Engineering
	August 16, 2020 \| New Atlas AI surveillance study tracks criminals post release to cut recidivism Os Keyes, PhD student in Human Centered Design & Engineering
	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
	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
	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
	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
	July 23, 2020 \| The Conversation Disinformation campaigns are murky blends of truth, lies and sincere beliefs – lessons from the pandemic Kate Starbird, associate professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering
	July 22, 2020 \| The Washington Post Twitter crackdown on conspiracy theories could set agenda for other social media Kate Starbird, associate professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering
	July 21, 2020 \| King 5 Think you can solve Seattle's traffic problem? Prove it in a video game Yuwen Li, Master's student in Human Centered Design & Engineering
	July 14, 2020 \| Venture Beat ‘Fundamentally flawed’ study describes facial recognition system designed to identify non-binary Os Keyes, PhD student in Human Centered Design & Engineering
	July 9, 2020 \| Edge Media Network Is Artificial Intelligence Queerphobic? Os Keyes, PhD student in Human Centered Design & Engineering
	July 5, 2020 \| The Seattle Times COVID-19 meets Election 2020: the perfect storm for misinformation Kate Starbird, associate professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering
	June 18, 2020 \| New Scientist Uber and Lyft pricing algorithms charge more in non-white areas Os Keyes, PhD student in Human Centered Design & Engineering
	June 16, 2020 \| The New York Times Who’s a Bot? Who’s Not? Kate Starbird, associate professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering
	June 4, 2020 \| New Day Northwest Fighting against the rising tide of misinformation Kate Starbird, associate professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering
	May 14, 2020 \| NBC News These disinformation researchers saw the coronavirus 'infodemic' coming Kate Starbird, associate professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering
	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
	May 8, 2020 \| The Washington Post This covid-19 misinformation went viral. Here’s what we learned. Kate Starbird, associate professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering
	April 29, 2020 \| The Atlantic Why the Coronavirus Is So Confusing Kate Starbird, associate professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering
	April 27, 2020 \| Brookings Tech Stream How to cope with an infodemic Kate Starbird, associate professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering
	April 20, 2020 \| NPR Comic: Fake News Can Be Deadly. Here's How To Spot It Kate Starbird, associate professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering
	April 13, 2020 \| The Washington Post How false hope spread about hydroxychloroquine to treat covid-19 — and the consequences that followed Kate Starbird, associate professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering
	April 12, 2020 \| Geekwire Experts share tips on how to staunch the coronavirus misinformation ‘infodemic’ Kate Starbird, associate professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering
	April 10, 2020 \| PBS News Hour Why uncertainty about coronavirus breeds opportunity for misinformation Kate Starbird, associate professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering
	April 3, 2020 \| New York Times What We Pretend to Know About the Coronavirus Could Kill Us Kate Starbird, associate professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering
	April 1, 2020 \| ZD Net AI for business: What's going wrong, and how to get it right David McDonald, professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering
	March 14, 2020 \| Mother Jones Why Coronavirus Misinformation Is Out of Control Kate Starbird, associate professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering
	March 19, 2020 \| Centre for International Governance Innovation Gender Bias in Technology: How Far Have We Come and What Comes Next? Os Keyes, PhD student in Human Centered Design & Engineering
	March 16, 2020 \| The Seattle Times The coronavirus is forcing many colleges to go online only. But will it work for everyone? Brock Craft, senior lecturer in Human Centered Design & Engineering
	March 14, 2020 \| The Guardian Fake news about Covid-19 can be as dangerous as the virus Kate Starbird, associate professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering
	March 13, 2020 \| Axios The new threat of unintentional coronavirus misinformation Kate Starbird, associate professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering
	March 11, 2020 \| Wired To Fight Covid-19, Curb the Spread of Germs—and Rumors Kate Starbird, associate professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering
	March 11, 2020 \| KUOW Seattle Now: Too much information Kate Starbird, associate professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering
	March 2, 2020 \| KUOW This Seattle professor conquers fear by flying stunt planes Cecilia Aragon, professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering
	March 2, 2020 \| Seattle Met Can a New Think Tank Rescue Us from the Misinformation Age? Kate Starbird, associate professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering
	February 24, 2020 \| PC Mag This Robot Wants to Help Stressed-Out Teens Elin Björling, senior research scientist, Human Centered Design & Engineering
	February 16, 2020 \| KUOW Telling fact from fiction in the information age Kate Starbird, associate professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering
	January 29, 2020 \| The Huffington Post The 'Useful Idiots': How These British Academics Helped Russia Deny War Crimes At The UN Kate Starbird, associate professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering
	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

	December 29, 2020 \| The Atlantic Where Year Two of the Pandemic Will Take Us Kate Starbird, associate professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering
	December 29, 2020 \| The Seattle Times The UW turned 2020 into a course. You’re invited to check it out. Kate Starbird, associate professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering
	December 20, 2020 \| KCBS Radio Algorithms used in Covid-19 vaccine distribution are bringing up some concerns Os Keyes, PhD student in Human Centered Design & Engineering
	December 19, 2020 \| Venture Beat COVID-19 vaccine distribution algorithms may cement health care inequalities Os Keyes, PhD student in Human Centered Design & Engineering
	December 9, 2020 \| CBS News Examining the impact of "participatory disinformation" on society Kate Starbird, associate professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering
	November 17, 2020 \| The Guardian Why US ballot count live streams became misinformation magnets Kate Starbird, associate professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering
	November 16, 2020 \| Wired Making gender-neutral emojis is more complicated than you think Os Keyes, PhD student in Human Centered Design & Engineering
	November 11, 2020 \| CNN Misinformation channels claim Biden is no longer President-elect. That's not true. Kate Starbird, associate professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering
	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
	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
	November 5, 2020 \| The Conversation 5 types of misinformation to watch out for while ballots are being counted – and after Kate Starbird, associate professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering
	November 4, 2020 \| Politico Silicon Valley braces for election misinformation after Trump’s false victory claim Kate Starbird, associate professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering
	November 1, 2020 \| NPR Researchers Prepare For Deluge Of Election Night Misinformation Kate Starbird, associate professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering
	October 30, 2020 \| Oklahoma Watch These Oklahoma Politicians Gave Misinformation a Boost Andrew Beers, PhD student in Human Centered Design & Engineering
	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
	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
	October 26, 2020 \| Technology Review What to expect on Election Day Kate Starbird, associate professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering
	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
	October 26, 2020 \| GeekWire Scholars tracking social media see efforts to delegitimize election, imperiling democracy Kate Starbird, associate professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering
	October 20, 2020 \| Washington Post Your guide to following the election on social media Kate Starbird, associate professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering
	October 15, 2020 \| NBC News For Trump's 'rigged' election claims, an online megaphone awaits Kate Starbird, associate professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering
	October 13, 2020 \| New York Times Magazine The First Amendment in the age of disinformation. Kate Starbird, associate professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering
	October 13, 2020 \| The Associated Press Report: Social media influencers push voting misinformation Kate Starbird, associate professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering
	October 6, 2020 \| Slate What Happens When Climate Change Denialism and Wildfires Collide Kate Starbird, associate professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering
	October 2, 2020 \| Kiro 7 Documenting changes in Seattle during the coronavirus era Scott Miles, senior research scientist Human Centered Design & Engineering
	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
	September 23, 2020 \| NBC News Meet the 1st Latina pilot on the US aerobatic team Cecilia Aragon, professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering
	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
	September 15, 2020 \| King 5 How to avoid spreading misinformation in times of crisis Kate Starbird, associate professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering
	September 6, 2020 \| Wired Doctors and Nurses Take to TikTok to Fight Covid Myths Kate Starbird, associate professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering
	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
	August 25, 2020 \| Vice Algorithms Are Automating Fascism. Here’s How We Fight Back Os Keyes, PhD student in Human Centered Design & Engineering
	August 18, 2020 \| Inverse Nadya Peek creates machines that can make (almost) anything Nadya Peek, Assistant Professor in Human Centered Design & Engineering
	August 16, 2020 \| New Atlas AI surveillance study tracks criminals post release to cut recidivism Os Keyes, PhD student in Human Centered Design & Engineering
	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
	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
	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
	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
	July 23, 2020 \| The Conversation Disinformation campaigns are murky blends of truth, lies and sincere beliefs – lessons from the pandemic Kate Starbird, associate professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering
	July 22, 2020 \| The Washington Post Twitter crackdown on conspiracy theories could set agenda for other social media Kate Starbird, associate professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering
	July 21, 2020 \| King 5 Think you can solve Seattle's traffic problem? Prove it in a video game Yuwen Li, Master's student in Human Centered Design & Engineering
	July 14, 2020 \| Venture Beat ‘Fundamentally flawed’ study describes facial recognition system designed to identify non-binary Os Keyes, PhD student in Human Centered Design & Engineering
	July 9, 2020 \| Edge Media Network Is Artificial Intelligence Queerphobic? Os Keyes, PhD student in Human Centered Design & Engineering
	July 5, 2020 \| The Seattle Times COVID-19 meets Election 2020: the perfect storm for misinformation Kate Starbird, associate professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering
	June 18, 2020 \| New Scientist Uber and Lyft pricing algorithms charge more in non-white areas Os Keyes, PhD student in Human Centered Design & Engineering
	June 16, 2020 \| The New York Times Who’s a Bot? Who’s Not? Kate Starbird, associate professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering
	June 4, 2020 \| New Day Northwest Fighting against the rising tide of misinformation Kate Starbird, associate professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering
	May 14, 2020 \| NBC News These disinformation researchers saw the coronavirus 'infodemic' coming Kate Starbird, associate professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering
	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
	May 8, 2020 \| The Washington Post This covid-19 misinformation went viral. Here’s what we learned. Kate Starbird, associate professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering
	April 29, 2020 \| The Atlantic Why the Coronavirus Is So Confusing Kate Starbird, associate professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering
	April 27, 2020 \| Brookings Tech Stream How to cope with an infodemic Kate Starbird, associate professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering
	April 20, 2020 \| NPR Comic: Fake News Can Be Deadly. Here's How To Spot It Kate Starbird, associate professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering
	April 13, 2020 \| The Washington Post How false hope spread about hydroxychloroquine to treat covid-19 — and the consequences that followed Kate Starbird, associate professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering
	April 12, 2020 \| Geekwire Experts share tips on how to staunch the coronavirus misinformation ‘infodemic’ Kate Starbird, associate professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering
	April 10, 2020 \| PBS News Hour Why uncertainty about coronavirus breeds opportunity for misinformation Kate Starbird, associate professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering
	April 3, 2020 \| New York Times What We Pretend to Know About the Coronavirus Could Kill Us Kate Starbird, associate professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering
	April 1, 2020 \| ZD Net AI for business: What's going wrong, and how to get it right David McDonald, professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering
	March 14, 2020 \| Mother Jones Why Coronavirus Misinformation Is Out of Control Kate Starbird, associate professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering
	March 19, 2020 \| Centre for International Governance Innovation Gender Bias in Technology: How Far Have We Come and What Comes Next? Os Keyes, PhD student in Human Centered Design & Engineering
	March 16, 2020 \| The Seattle Times The coronavirus is forcing many colleges to go online only. But will it work for everyone? Brock Craft, senior lecturer in Human Centered Design & Engineering
	March 14, 2020 \| The Guardian Fake news about Covid-19 can be as dangerous as the virus Kate Starbird, associate professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering
	March 13, 2020 \| Axios The new threat of unintentional coronavirus misinformation Kate Starbird, associate professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering
	March 11, 2020 \| Wired To Fight Covid-19, Curb the Spread of Germs—and Rumors Kate Starbird, associate professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering
	March 11, 2020 \| KUOW Seattle Now: Too much information Kate Starbird, associate professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering
	March 2, 2020 \| KUOW This Seattle professor conquers fear by flying stunt planes Cecilia Aragon, professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering
	March 2, 2020 \| Seattle Met Can a New Think Tank Rescue Us from the Misinformation Age? Kate Starbird, associate professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering
	February 24, 2020 \| PC Mag This Robot Wants to Help Stressed-Out Teens Elin Björling, senior research scientist, Human Centered Design & Engineering
	February 16, 2020 \| KUOW Telling fact from fiction in the information age Kate Starbird, associate professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering
	January 29, 2020 \| The Huffington Post The 'Useful Idiots': How These British Academics Helped Russia Deny War Crimes At The UN Kate Starbird, associate professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering
	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