@article{article_1362932, title={The Artificial Intelligence Dimension of Digital Manipulation Deepfake Videos: The Case of the Ukrainian-Russian People}, journal={Contemporary Issues of Communication}, volume={2}, pages={76–85}, year={2023}, author={Akmeşe, Başak}, keywords={Digital Manipulation, Artificial Intelligence, Deepfake Videos, Ukrainian-Russian People, Disinformation}, abstract={Rapidly developing technologies make it possible to blur the boundary between real and unreal on the internet, especially in social media channels. This situation has led to the construction of the concept of deepfake, which is defined as "deep fake" by the addition of artificial intelligence technology to manipulative actions that are described as deception. In Deepfake videos, even if there is a small change in the image and sound, it interferes with reality and alters it. In particular, the use of deepfake videos by everyone through visual and auditory manipulations can cause information pollution. Therefore, in this research, it is aimed to determine the extent to which artificial intelligence-oriented deepfake videos can affect the Ukrainian and Russian people with videos manipulated in the war environment. It was aimed to measure whether the citizens of both countries had information about deepfake videos and how much they were affected by these videos. In this context, in this research, the content analysis method was used to explain the attitudes of the citizens in question to the videos with a descriptive approach. As a result of the research, it was determined that both countries had information about deepfake videos and that citizens acted prudently in the face of disinformation that could change the course of the war during the war process. In this research, it was observed that the fake images and contents published did not cause indignation in the citizens of both countries due to the close follow-up of the technology and having literacy in this regard.}, number={2}, publisher={Ataturk University}