Category: Grants
Empowering individuals through AI literacy: Combating AI-generated deepfakes with a chatbot-based intervention
Research Team Muhammad Ehab Rasul, Hee Jung Cho, Moonsun Jeon, and Dr. CJ Calabrese. Funding Awarded $5,000. Description This project aims to first validate a newly developed measure of AI deepfake literacy, assessing the primary characteristics of individuals who exhibit lower levels of literacy. Then, using our baseline understanding of AI deepfake literacy, the project…
(Dis)information about Contraceptive Methods on TikTok: Content, Spreaders, and Empowerment as a Strategy for Mitigating its Effects
Principal Investigators Erin Ash, Christopher (CJ) Calabrese, and Ashley Hedrick McKenzie. Funding Awarded $10,091 Description We propose three studies to examine and address birth control mis- and disinformation on social media, including a content analysis on birth control on TikTok, an interview study of influencers to explore the motivations and experiences sharing birth control misinformation,…