Deepfake technology can be used to make compelling videos and audio clips of individuals doing and saying things they never did or said. In an article for Nieman Lab, ViSmedia-researchers Nicholas Diakopoulos and Deborah Johnson elaborate seven scenarios for how deepfakes can be used to impact the US elections.
Read MoreStudents are the true explorers of new technological terrain in the context of media and communication.
On Tuesday May 28 an audience of academics and media industry people could learn about the productions that students made in collaboration with Vismedia in the winter of 2019.
Read MoreWhen Maja Vedå started her graduate studies, Snapchat journalism was about to take off in Norway. Maja applied a formative dialogue research approach, in which she followed the experiments in VG´s Snapchat newsroom over a longer period of time. Her study was one of the first in Norway to focus on Snapchat as a news platform.
Read More- Within five years, all news photographers will be using camera drones, claims ViSmedia researcher Turo Uskali in an intervjue with the Finnish Trade Publication, Suomen Lehdistö.
Read MoreDanish photo editor, Thomas Borberg, is sick of seeing pictures of people that are «just standing there».
Read MoreProfessor Astrid Gynnild was a featured guest on the radio show Kurér on NRK to talk about the use of drones in journalism.
Read MoreContemporary surveillance is seeping and spreading into many life areas where it once had only marginal sway. The shiny screen becomes the main character in the culture of surveillance.
Read MoreThe cookie monster gives you better ads and cashes in on your personality. Newspapers are becoming a part of the surveillance capitalism.
We are becoming the product of technology, instead of producing it. If technological determinism is right, why should we try harder? It’s an intellectual obligation to double check, just in case.
Read MoreThrough smart street lights and AI, creating the chilling feeling of never being able to do anything without being watched.
Read MoreHumanoid sex dolls and robot brothels are coming, but how realistic should your sex doll be?
Read MoreWho knows what is fake and what is real? Duc Tien Dang Nguyen does. Through photo forensics, he reveals the best photoshopped examples, and gives you a few tips on how you can spot a fake image.
The lights are watching you. Street lights equipped with sensors can monitor all your movements in public places.
Read MoreBalloons, kites, pigeons, aeroplanes and helicopters have all been used to take aerial photos. Today, drones and satellites can replace the pigeons.
Read MoreYou know how to lock your bike, but do you know how to keep your data safe? Digital self-defence becomes too complex for many to deal with, but you don’t have a choice. Danish journalist Freja Wedenborg explains digital tools that makes digital self-defence just as easy as locking your bike.
Read MoreDid you miss out of this years ViSmedia conference? or just like to reminisce , don’t worry! See all the pictures and the presentations here.
Read MoreIn his speech he reminded us all of the importance of understanding and seeking knowledge about new technology. Olsen emphasized that research and development of new technology is both significant and alarming.
Read MoreBy 2021, they will use face recognition to identify 100% of international passengers at US airports. One problem with this is false matches.
Can philosophy help us understand and relate to Virtual Reality? Who knows? But that’s the sort of questions that intrigue Joakim Vindenes, a research fellow at the Center for the Science of Learning and Technology (SLATE) at the University of Bergen.
Read MoreHow does the secret architecture of surveillance capitalism play out? And what is the role of the tech giants in a society where computing increasingly invade privacy and even the bodies of humans?
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