What term describes media that show real or imagined individuals, often used for fake news?

• A. Deepfakes
• B. Synthetic media
• C. Media manipulation
• D. Impersonation videos

Answer: (A)

Deepfakes are AI-generated media that depict real or imagined people in ways they never actually appeared, often swapping faces or synthesizing appearance and voice to create convincing but false content. This realism makes them a common vehicle for fake news and misinformation, because viewers may be fooled into believing the depicted person said or did something they did not.

Synthetic media is a broader category that includes deepfakes as a subset. The broader term covers all artificially created media, not just those that impersonate specific individuals. Media manipulation and impersonation videos are less precise labels in this context: manipulation is a wide-ranging term for altering media, and impersonation videos isn’t a standard, widely used term for this phenomenon.