Black communication in the age of disinformation : DeepFakes and synthetic media /: DeepFakes and synthetic media. (2023)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Kehbuma Langmia.
• Editors: Langmia, Kehbuma
• Contents: 1 Of Deepfakes, Misinformation, and Disinformation 2 The African Youth and Social Media at the Crossroads of Information, Misinformation, and Disinformation 3 Artificial Intelligence for Social Evil: Exploring How AI and Beauty Filters Perpetuate Colorism—Lessons Learned from a Colorism Giant, Brazil 4 Deepfakes as Misinformation: The Next Frontier of Sports Fandom 5 The Influence of Social Media Use in the Wake of Deepfakes on Kenyan Female University Students' Perceptions on Sexism, Their Body Image and Participation in Politics 6 The Ogre and the Griot: Culturally Embedded Communicative Approaches Addressing 'Deep Fake' COVID-19 Narratives and Hyperrealities in Kenya 7 'The Medium is the Massage/Message': Functions of Synthetic Media in Sense-Making Conditions 8 Deepfakes: Future of Sports and Questioning Video Evidence 9 Examining the Role of 'KOT' in Reinforcing Organizations' Voices Against Misinformation in Kenya 10 Akata Night Masquerade: A Semblance of Online Deepfakes in African Traditional Communication Systems.
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2023
• Extent: 1 online resource (226 pages), illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 302.2308996; Black people -- Communication; Misinformation; Deepfakes -- Social aspects
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783031276965
• Related ISBNs: 9783031276958
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