[Commlist] New book: Deepfakes

New book on deepfakes, published this week by Polity 
<https://www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?book_slug=deepfakes--9781509548200>. 


Here’s the back cover blurb to give you an idea:

What happens when we can no longer believe what we see? Show the AI 
technologies that create deepfakes enough images of a celebrity or a 
politician and they will generate a convincing video in which that 
person appears to say and do things they have never actually said or 
done. The result is a media environment in which anyone’s face and image 
can be remixed and manipulated. Graham Meikle explains how deepfakes 
(synthetic media) are made and used. From celebrity porn and political 
satire to movie mash-ups and disinformation campaigns, this book 
explores themes of trust and consent as face-swapping software becomes 
more common. Meikle argues that deepfake videos allow for a new 
perspective on the taken-for-granted nature of contemporary media, in 
which our capacity to remix and share content increasingly conflicts 
with our capacity to trust. The book analyses how such videos deepen the 
social media environment in which the public and the personal converge, 
and in which all human experience becomes data to be shared. Timely, 
clear, and accessibly written, this is an essential text for students 
and scholars of media, communication, cultural studies, and sociology as 
well as general readers.

‘If you want to understand the rapidly changing world of deepfakes, this 
is the place to start. Meikle shows how synthetic media emerge from 
social media, and he elegantly traces the ways in which they are 
embedded in complex dynamics of power, representation, and manipulation.’
Kate Crawford, author of /Atlas of AI/

‘/Deepfakes/ is an astute and accessible examination of the challenges 
and opportunities presented by synthetic media, providing a vital 
roadmap to answer the big question these technologies provoke: can we 
really trust what we see with our own eyes online?’
Tama Leaver, Curtin University


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