@article{mihailovadeepfakesatiresyntheticmedia2023, title = {Deepfake Satire and the Possibilities of Synthetic Media}, author = {Mihaela Mihailova}, year = {2023}, journal = {Afterimage: The Journal of Media Arts and Cultural Criticism}, url = {https://online.ucpress.edu/afterimage/article/50/3/81/197199/Deepfake-Satire-and-the-Possibilities-of-Synthetic}, abstract = {Mihailova examines deepfake satire as an underexamined but vibrant subgenre of AI art that turns face-swap technology into pointed social and political critique. Through projects targeting entertainment figures, tech entrepreneurs, and authoritarian leaders, she argues synthetic media holds progressive possibilities beyond its well-known harms, positioning the work within traditions of culture jamming and satire. It is a deeper, single-topic companion to her In Focus dossier on AI and the moving image.}, keywords = {critical-theory, deepfakes, synthetic-media, generative-ai}, note = {AI \& Animation Education Knowledge Base} }