Do deepfake videos undermine our epistemic trust? A thematic analysis of tweets that discuss deepfakes in the Russian invasion of Ukraine

• John Twomey ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: 118447782@umail.ucc.ie

  Affiliations School of Applied Psychology, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland, LERO, Science Foundation of Ireland, Limerick, Ireland

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5493-8518

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• Didier Ching,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation

  Affiliations School of Applied Psychology, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland, LERO, Science Foundation of Ireland, Limerick, Ireland

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• Matthew Peter Aylett,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations University of Heriot Watt, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, CereProc Ltd, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

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• Michael Quayle,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations LERO, Science Foundation of Ireland, Limerick, Ireland, Centre for Social Issues Research and Department of Psychology, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland, Department of Psychology, School of Applied Human Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa

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• Conor Linehan,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations School of Applied Psychology, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland, LERO, Science Foundation of Ireland, Limerick, Ireland

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• Gillian Murphy

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations School of Applied Psychology, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland, LERO, Science Foundation of Ireland, Limerick, Ireland

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