Beyond Deception: A Functional Typology of Political Deepfakes

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Brief Overview

We introduce a comprehensive typology of political deepfakes organized around five dimensions: Content, Design, Intentionality, Disclosure, and Dissemination (CoDIDD) and a classification scheme: "darkfakes," "glowfakes," "fanfakes," and "foefakes."

Authors

• Christina P. Walker, Purdue University

• Alena Birrer, University of Zurich

• Morgan Wack, University of Zurich

• Kaylyn Jackson Schiff, Purdue University

• Daniel S. Schiff, Purdue University

• JP Messina, Purdue University