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How do you making waiting around less tedious? We’ve partnered with the Georgia Aquarium to find a way to help build the excitement for the Dolphin Celebration shows. Our solution tells guests the story and capabilities of dolphins, from which we are prototyping a single chapter that focuses on the wonders of echolocation. This project shows the designs of five interactive modules, called “chapters.” Each teaches elements of dolphin behavior and interactions with their natural environment.

Social TV is a mobile application that works in conjunction with watching TV. It is targeted to users who may be living in a new location and watch TV alone, or to users who want to increase the social aspect of watching TV. Through integration with Facebook, the mobile app presents a TV Feed where users can share information, such as screenshots, quotes and recommendations with other individuals in their network. The app has a TV chat feature, where users can engage in both synchronous and asynchronous chatting about what is occurring in the show of their choosing.

While previous work has addressed the direct effects of misinformation, we propose to study the phenomenon of misinformation about misinformation, or politicians ``crying wolf'' over fake news. We argue that strategic and false allegations that stories are fake news or deepfakes benefit politicians by helping them maintain support in the face of information damaging to their reputation. We posit that this concept, known as the ``liar's dividend'', works through two theoretical channels: by injecting informational uncertainty into the media environment, or by providing rhetorical cover.