Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-2025
Abstract
Inauthentic political influence in American politics has been a prominent topic since the 2016 presidential election, and its features have shifted over time in response to platform countermeasures, feature adoption, and technological change. In this report we explore a small network of AI-empowered accounts posing as models, jewelry sellers, and artists that are espousing a particular partisan view, likely in an effort to engage specific online communities. This report includes a detailed description of the network and the topics in which the network regularly engages. We then discuss the possible effects this has on the American zeitgeist in the moments before the 2024 election.
Recommended Citation
Fecher, Leland; Warren, Patrick; Gilbert, Kylie; Murray, Ella; Rockow, Miles; and Yoo, Jonathan Joon-Hyung, "Only Skin Deep AI Lifestyle Accounts Influencing Political Discourse" (2025). Media Forensics Hub Creative Inquiry Reports. 11.
https://open.clemson.edu/mfh_ci_reports/11
