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           <h2 id="w8">w8: Synthetic Media — DUE 5/24</h2>
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-            <b>Read:</b> The Data &amp; Society report, <a href="https://datasociety.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/DS_Deepfakes_Cheap_FakesFinal-1.pdf">Deepfakes and Cheapfakes: The Manipulation of Audiovisual Evidence</a>, by Britt Paris and Judith Donovan. The report is 50 pages but formatting, long footnotes, etc mean it is much shorter than it appears. If you feel you won’t be able to complete it in time, I’d ask that you read the <i>Executive Summary</i> (2-3) and either 1: <i>Introduction</i>, <i>The Cheapfakes and Deepfakes Spectrum</i>, and <i>The Politics of Evidence</i> (4-22) OR 2: <i>Cheapfakes on Social Media</i> and <i>Conclusion</i> (23-48). Reading option 1 will give a broader summary of the phenomenon of deepfakes and cheapfakes as well as a history of conflicts around audiovisual evidence and manipulation. Reading option 2 will give a wide array of contemporary examples of manipulated video evidence, and discussion of how to address these issues today. <br>(Content: Discusses the beating of Rodney King by LAPD officers, non-consensual deep fake pornography, and the 1991 Gulf War).
+            <b>Read:</b> The Data &amp; Society report, <a href="https://datasociety.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/DS_Deepfakes_Cheap_FakesFinal-1.pdf">Deepfakes and Cheapfakes: The Manipulation of Audiovisual Evidence</a>, by Britt Paris and Judith Donovan. The report is 50 pages but formatting, long footnotes, etc mean it is much shorter than it appears. Please scan the document and read the <i>Executive Summary</i> (2-3) and either 1: <i>Introduction</i>, <i>The Cheapfakes and Deepfakes Spectrum</i>, and <i>The Politics of Evidence</i> (4-22) OR 2: <i>Cheapfakes on Social Media</i> and <i>Conclusion</i> (23-48). Reading option 1 will give a broader summary of the phenomenon of deepfakes and cheapfakes as well as a history of conflicts around audiovisual evidence and manipulation. Reading option 2 will give a wide array of contemporary examples of manipulated video evidence, and discussion of how to address these issues today. <br>(Content: Discusses the beating of Rodney King by LAPD officers, non-consensual deep fake pornography, and the 1991 Gulf War).
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             <b>Write:</b> Your thoughts on synthetic media, misinformation, and manipulation today. Some possible questions: Has your trust in media online decreased over your lifetime? Was there a time where you were fooled by information you saw on the news, social media, etc? How do you determine what information is trustworthy today? About four years out from the writing of this report, what is your perspective on Deepfakes / Cheapfakes, do you believe the report was correct in viewing them as largely a continuation of previous misinformation practices or do you think that they pose a unique problem today? How do these issues around Deepfakes / Cheapfakes intersect with other issues we’ve discussed like, identity online and data-capture?