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Towards A Critical Understanding Of Deepfakes: Developing A Teaching Module And More, Wentao Guo
Towards A Critical Understanding Of Deepfakes: Developing A Teaching Module And More, Wentao Guo
Pomona Senior Theses
Recently, computer-generated and computer-altered videos known as deepfakes have raised widespread concerns about the harms they may cause to democratic elections, national security, people’s reputation, and people’s autonomy over their words and actions as represented in videos and other media. How can we build towards a critical understanding of not only deepfakes, but also photos, videos, and the role of many other media objects surrounding us that inform us about the world? In this thesis, wanting to take a historical approach and noting the newness of deepfakes, I first investigate a historical case study regarding a manipulated photo from a …