{"podcast":{"title":"Unspun","slug":"unspun-6601575","podcast_index_feed_id":6601575,"rss_url":"https://feeds.redcircle.com/56c05004-5d7f-4f0c-a3b9-5eac7d975704","website_url":"https://redcircle.com/shows/unspun","image_url":"https://media.redcircle.com/images/2025/3/25/21/3bbd2b70-1ef2-43ec-aa38-e4f2050eb2b1_e4f4-fe50-466c-bbfa-59a7dbde77df_unspun-purple.jpg","author":"Amanda Sturgill","episode_count":112,"summary":"Unspun is critical thinking about the news. Hear real examples, past and present, of newsmakers attempting to mislead you and understand how they manipulate the truth. Learn how to avoid being swayed by fake news and misinformation. Get Unspun, because you deserve the truth.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-29T00:19:34.263030+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/unspun-6601575"},"episode":{"title":"Deepfake videos make lies feel more true: UnSpun Journal Club 3","slug":"deepfake-videos-make-lies-feel-more-true-unspun-journal-club-3","published_at":"2026-02-24T12:00:07+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/unspun-6601575/deepfake-videos-make-lies-feel-more-true-unspun-journal-club-3","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/unspun-6601575","url":"https://mswmedia.com/show/unspun/","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/audio3.redcircle.com/episodes/c5617764-e8c1-4380-a24e-77c10e12789e/stream.mp3","summary":"Deepfakes don’t just tell you lies. They show you “proof.” In this episode of UnSpun Journal Club , I break downresearch from by Hwang, Ryu ad Jeong Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking examining whether deepfake videos make misinformation more believable than text alone. The findings are concerning: But there’s good news. A short media literacy lesson—just seven minutes—helped a lot. I'll unpack: Why video feels more like evidence Whether media literacy education actually works What this means for journalism, democracy, and everyday media consumers If you care about misinformation, media literacy, and how public perception is shaped, this episode is for you. Source: Hwang, Y., Ryu, J. Y., & Jeong, S.-H. (2021). Effects of Disinformation Using Deepfake: The Protective Effect of Media Literacy Education. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking. DOI: 10.1089/cyber.2020.0174 Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy","meta_description":"Deepfakes don’t just tell you lies. They show you “proof.” In this episode of UnSpun Journal Club , I break downresearch from by Hwang, Ryu ad Jeong Cyber…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":685,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/unspun-6601575/episodes/deepfake-videos-make-lies-feel-more-true-unspun-journal-club-3/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/unspun-6601575/deepfake-videos-make-lies-feel-more-true-unspun-journal-club-3.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}