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50 papers published, 119 interventions tested, but little consensus
In a new evidence review published today in Health Affairs, the IFL team finds that when researchers were testing the impact of COVID-19 misinformation interventions, they used significantly different examples of misinformation, assessed 47 different outcome measures, and only 18% of COVID-19 misinformation interventions measured public health outcomes, such as intent to vaccinate.
IFL report calls for structural public health changes to increase vaccine demand and stop future disease outbreaks
A new report, Infrastructures of Trust: The Case for Investing in Vaccine Demand, from researchers at the Information Futures Lab at Brown University's School of Public Health calls for investment in community leadership; provides key strategies for public health...
Brown University’s Information Futures Lab Introduces 2024 Visiting Fellows
The Information Futures Lab welcomes leaders in community-based journalism, tech entrepreneurship, communication, and infodemics research to its 2024 Visiting Fellows cohort, aiming to address urgent information challenges with innovative projects.
“Is the 2024 election still happening?”
Information Futures Lab and We Are Más partner with Hispanic communities in South Florida, finding critical questions and information inequities but also tangible solutions to the information crisis.
“¿Aún se llevarán a cabo las elecciones de 2024?”
Information Futures Lab y We Are Más se asocian con comunidades hispanas en el sur de Florida para encontrar inequidades en materia de información, pero también para alcanzar soluciones tangibles a la crisis en materia de...
Information Futures Lab Fellows Pilot Eight Solutions to Address Information Crisis
Global Fellows Share Community-Designed Strategies in New Video Series PROVIDENCE, RI - The first class of Information Futures Lab (IFL) Fellows at Brown University’s School of Public Health has debuted eight community-driven, innovative solutions to improve...
Information Futures Fellows Join Brown School of Public Health To Tackle Information Crisis
Pilot Projects Include Narrating Climate Futures, Supporting Infodemics Managers and Building Hyperlocal Models for Health Communication PROVIDENCE, RI -- The Information Futures Lab at Brown University's School of Public Health is welcoming leaders in journalism,...
Information Futures Lab’s APAC partner CrossCheck, launches training booklet for Southeast Asia
We are thrilled to unveil Verification, monitoring and responsible reporting in an age of information disorder: A guide for practitioners in Southeast Asia by Dr. Anne Kruger, Esther Chan and Stevie Zhang. Methods to combat disinformation must be situated in the...
Claire Wardle, PhD, to moderate panel including Dean Ashish Jha, MD, at “INFORMED: Conversations on Democracy in the Digital Age”
Claire Wardle, PhD, will participate in a panel discussion alongside Ashish Jha, MD, Dean of the Brown University School of Public Health, and Katelyn Jetelina of the Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute at the Knight Foundation’s “INFORMED: Conversations on...
IFL’s Daisy Winner presents at CDC’s Health Literacy Month event
In October, Daisy Winner, Program Manager at the Information Futures Lab, presented at the CDC’s Health Literacy Month internal event, Barriers to Clear Communication: Misinformation & Numbers. Hosted by the Division of Communication Science and Services, more...
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