Adjusting news accuracy perceptions after deepfakes exposure: evidence from a non-Western context

• Main Authors: Ahmed, Saifuddin, Wang, Yifei, Bee, Adeline Wei Ting
• Other Authors: Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Social sciences::Communication; News Accuracy; Deepfakes
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/171262
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Empirical studies examining if and how deepfakes would evoke news skepticism and discredit social trust in societies with low levels of digital literacy are limited. Recognizing the gap in the literature, this study conducts a survey experiment in India. We test whether individuals adjust their perc...