Conjecturing Fearful Futures: Journalistic Discourses on Deepfakes
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چکیده
This paper investigates journalistic discourses on “deepfakes” as the future of fake news. We analyze deepfakes over an 18-month period from 1 January 2018, when a GoogleTrends search demonstrates that term first began to circulate, July 2019, shortly after altered video Nancy Pelosi, US Speaker House, circulated social media. Based comprehensive thematic analysis English-language news stories topic, drawn Nexis UK, we suggest responses reveal deeper anxieties both about information environment and journalism’s role within this environment. Concerns audiovisual nature makes them inherently more believable than previous forms leads worries impending weaponization by resource-rich “bad actors.” At stake is trustworthiness media content, journalists’ in providing verified content public. argue journalists conjure up speculative worst-case scenarios around deepfakes—what refer “conjectured specifity” highlight vital importance journalism bulwark against fabrication defender truth.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journalism Practice
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['1751-2786', '1751-2794']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/17512786.2021.1908838