@article{1469741,
      recid = {1469741},
      author = {Langmia, Kehbuma,},
      title = {Black communication in the age of disinformation :  deepfakes and synthetic media /},
      pages = {1 online resource (xxvii, 208 pages) :},
      note = {Includes index.},
      abstract = {This book is timely in our era of deep fakes and  misinformation. It is especially necessary from the context  of the Global South as democracy can get squeezed out as  extremes and binary oppositions take center stage in the  social media age. Glenda Daniels, Wits University,  Johannesburg DeepFakes and Synthetic Media: Black  communication in the age of disinformation on digital  spaces has extended the conversation about misinformation  on platforms. Those unaware of how Twitter, Facebook,  Instagram, WhatsApp, TikTok, and other digital social media  platforms are changing socio-political and cultural  interconnections in parts of Africa will glean strategic  messages from this collection. Prof. Emmanuel K. Ngwainmbi,  North Carolina, USA This book explores the consequences of  the changing landscape of media communication on Black  interactions in the virtual space. Current developments in  technology, such as facial recognition, have already  disproportionately affected people of color, especially  people of African descent. The rise of DeepFakes and other  forms of Fake News online has brought a host of new impacts  and potential obstacles to the way that Black communities  communicate. With a focus on the emergence of DeepFakes,  and AI Synthetic Media, contributors have explored a range  of themes and topics, including but not limited to: How do  AI and digital algorithms impact people of color? How does  Social Media shape Black women's perception of their body?  How vulnerable are young Africans to social media generated  fake news? Contributions have examined how Black virtual,  in person and digital communication is affected by the  current onslaught of misinformation, manipulated images and  videos, and changing social media landscape. Dr. Kehbuma  Langmia is a Fulbright Scholar/ Professor and Chair in the  Department of Strategic, Legal and Management  Communication, School of Communications, Howard  University.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1469741},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-27696-5},
}