Who inadvertently shares deepfakes? Analyzing the role of political interest, cognitive ability, and social network size

• Main Author: Saifuddin Ahmed
• Other Authors: Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Social sciences::Recreation; Deep Fakes; Social Network Size
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/159680
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The social and democratic implications of deepfakes (also deep fakes) technology are widely debated in the United States and elsewhere. Yet, we know surprisingly little about how online users engage with this newer form of disinformation. This study is one of the first to explore the inadvertent dee...