Deepfake problem in digital communication: Research approaches in Russia
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.26577/HJ.2024.v72.i2.2Keywords:
deepfake, digital communication, trust in media, mass media, Russia, fake news.Abstract
The aim of this article is to examine current research approaches deployed by scholars in Russia to study deepfakes in digital communication. The article uses the method of meta-analysis based on the database of the electronic resource eLIBRARY.RU - the leading electronic library of scientific periodicals in Russian. It provides an open access to a large amount of scientific information. eLIBRARY.RU maintains the Russian Scientific Citation Index with the most reliable information in terms of finding publications on the topic of deepfakes. The search was carried out using the key word “deepfake”. As a result of the search 560 publications in Russian have been found. The sample contains 159 publications, which have been cited at least once. The authors compose a classification of cited materials by topic. It has been found that deepfakes have been studied in Russia largely within legal studies (53 % of all cited publications). Publications in political science, media and communications make up 9% and 10% respectively. The lowest number of publications is in the field of information technology and sociology. According to the results of the study, it can be stated that research problem of deepfakes is relatively new for the field of communication research in Russia. At the same time, a rapid increase of research interest to the subject has been found. On the basis of the results obtained, it is concluded that studies of deepfake in digital communication in Russia lack empirical data.
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Information about authors:
Ilya A. Bykov (corresponding author) – Doctor of Political Sciences, Professor of the High School of Journalism and Mass Communication in St Petersburg State University (St Petersburg, Russia, email: i.bykov@spbu.ru);
Irina A. Gladchenko - Candidate of Political Science, Senior Lecturer of the School of World Politics of Lomonosov Moscow State University (Moscow, Russia, e-mail: irinaglad94@mail.ru).
Авторлар туралы мәлімет:
Илья Анатольевич Быков (корреспондент-автор) – саясаттану ғылымдарының докторы, Санкт-Петербург мемлекеттік университетінің журналистика және бұқаралық коммуникация жоғары мектебінің профессоры (Санкт-Петербург, Ресей, электрондық пошта: i.bykov@spbu.ru );
Ирина Алексеевна Гладченко – саясаттану ғылымдарының кандидаты, Ломоносов атындағы Мәскеу мемлекеттік университетінің Әлемдік саясат мектебінің аға оқытушысы (Мәскеу Ресей, e-mail: irinaglad94@mail.ru).
Поступило 3 марта 2024 г.
Принято 18 мая 2024 г.
