About our organization:

The University of Washington’s Center for an Informed Public (CIP) seeks to resist strategic misinformation, promote an informed society, and strengthen democratic discourse. Our nonpartisan Center brings together diverse voices from industry, government, nonprofits, other academic institutions, as well as those from communities and populations typically underrepresented in research and practice.

Following our pathbreaking work in 2020 and 2022 with the Election Integrity Partnership, CIP researchers continue to conduct “rapid research” identifying and analyzing rumors about U.S. election administration to support both information and election integrity in 2024. Specifically, we focus on understanding, communicating about, and helping to mitigate the spread of false, misleading, and unsubstantiated claims about election processes and results.

How we can help you cover the 2024 elections:

We collaborate with local and national journalists to help them investigate and report on online rumors, providing education (about the intersections of online systems and election rumors, as well as historical and theoretical frames to contextualize these phenomena to the larger public) as well as methodological support for conducting cross-platform social media analysis.

If you are reporting on election rumors and need a quote from an academic expert, some historical context around election rumors and mis/disinformation, information about a specific rumor (how it’s spreading, what platforms its spreading on, the frames and narratives audiences are attaching to it), data access and/or data visualization tools: We can help!

Simply email your rumor-related question to megrass@uw.edu or remoran@uw.edu and we will put you in touch with an academic researcher at the Center for an Informed Public who can help you answer your question.

More information: https://www.cip.uw.edu/category/news/research/2024-rapid-research-blog/ 

Have questions about using this resource? Here’s where to reach out: megrass@uw.edu or remoran@uw.edu