Wednesday, September 23, 2009
In Our World - Fake video footage
I've been aware of this for quite a while now.
Back in the day, images and videos were altered for fun.
Today, they are often manipulated to deceive and further agendas.
It certainly makes staying accurately informed more difficult.
That old saying "Believe half of what you see, and none of what you hear" may need to be revised...
Back in the day, images and videos were altered for fun.
Today, they are often manipulated to deceive and further agendas.
It certainly makes staying accurately informed more difficult.
That old saying "Believe half of what you see, and none of what you hear" may need to be revised...
The Times of India website has this and more:
"Fake video footage can dramatically alter people's perceptions of events, even convincing them to testify to a non-event, says a new
study.
Kimberley Wade, psychology professor from Warwick University (WU), led an experiment to see whether such faux footage could induce people to accuse another of doing something they never did.
Wade found nearly 50% of those shown fake footage of something they witnessed first hand were prepared to believe the video version rather than what they actually saw.
'Our research shows that if a fake footage is extremely compelling, it can induce people to testify about something they never witnessed, said Wade.
'As a result, almost anyone can create convincing yet fake images or video footage,' which Wade attributes to 'rapid advances in digital-manipulation technology over the previous decade'."
