Examining public perception and cognitive biases in the presumed influence of deepfakes threat: empirical evidence of third person perception from three studies

• Main Author: Ahmed, Saifuddin
• Other Authors: Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Social sciences::Communication; Deepfakes; Cognitive Ability
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/169143
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Deepfakes have a pernicious realism advantage over other common forms of disinformation, yet little is known about how citizens perceive deepfakes. Using the third-person effects framework, this study is one of the first attempts to examine public perceptions of deepfakes. Evidence across three stud...