Abstract
The metaphor that a butterfly flapping it’s wings in Brazil can cause a tornado in Texas can be similarily compared when examining AI. The ‘All Eyes on Gaza’ AI visual was shared more than 44 million times for nearly a month before it was determined to indeed be a fake image. ‘Trump Gaza’ has proven AI guardrails are needed for our shared sense of reality and for the prevention of fake news, propoganda and hate. The goal of my PhD research is to determine if and how AI-content has contributed to an antisemitism tornado globally since the outbreak of the 8th of October 2023 war in Israel. The anticipated output of the research is highlighting gaps and opportunities for creating future-fit visual and digital literacy programmes for two countries, South Africa and Sweden. Research questions include - What AI visuals and related content have been dominant in digital media spheres on the war? What are the roles of AI visuals and content producers and content users; and implications and impacts for them? How AI visuals have contributed to antisemitism? What gaps and opportunities exists in digital visual literacy programmes for the prevention of antisemitism? One of the challenges experienced by AI visual content users and producers is chaos of information. This chaotic digital media landscape is characterised by the proliferation of fake news, misinformation, propaganda, sensationalism and hate speech. Methods used are content analysis, discourse analysis, interviews and focus groups. Anticipated output is futures scenarios for visual and digital literacy programmes.
Presenters
Wilhelmina LinellStudent, PhD Communication Sciences, Catholic University Portugal, Lisbon , Portugal
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Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
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KEYWORDS
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; FAKE NEWS; VISUAL LITERACY; ANTISEMITISM; HATE; FUTURES SCENARIOS
