Pictures or It Didn’t Happen!: How the Use of the Generative AI Images Impacts the Perceived Believability of News Headlines

Lotte Lie Duestad; Hanne Celine Foss; Jenö Tóth; Rob Gleasure

Pictures or It Didn’t Happen! How the Use of the Generative AI Images Impacts the Perceived Believability of News Headlines

Lotte Lie Duestad, Hanne Celine Foss, Jenö Tóth, Rob Gleasure

Department of Digitalization

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Abstract

This paper investigates how the believability of news headlines is impacted when those news headlines are accompanied by generative AI images. We
reports on a series of in-progress experiments. The results suggest that the use of
AI images reduces the believability of news headlines, especially when those
news headlines are presented by news institutions, rather than named individuals.
The negative impact of AI images on believability does not seem to be attenuated
by warning labels which state that the images used are AI generated. These findings have implications for online news, and other application domains where believability is important.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Information Systems and Neuroscience : NeuroIS Retreat 2024, Vienna, Austria
Editors	Fred D. Davis, René Riedl, Jan vom Brocke, Pierre-Majorique Léger, Adriane B. Randolph, Gernot R. Müller-Putz
Place of Publication	Vienna, Austria
Publisher	Springer
Publication date	Jun 2024
Pages	26-31
ISBN (Print)	9783031713842
ISBN (Electronic)	9783031713859
Publication status	Published - Jun 2024
Event	NeuroIS Retreat 2024 - Schlosshotel Wilhelminenberg, Vienna, Austria Duration: 9 Jun 2024 → 11 Jun 2024 Conference number: 16 http://www.neurois.org/neurois-retreat-2024/

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Conference	NeuroIS Retreat 2024
Number	16
Location	Schlosshotel Wilhelminenberg
Country/Territory	Austria
City	Vienna
Period	09/06/2024 → 11/06/2024
Internet address	http://www.neurois.org/neurois-retreat-2024/

Series	Lecture Notes in Information Systems and Organisation
ISSN	2195-4968

Keywords

Generative AI
Images
Fake news
Experiment

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Duestad, L. L., Foss, H. C., Tóth, J., & Gleasure, R. (2024). Pictures or It Didn’t Happen! How the Use of the Generative AI Images Impacts the Perceived Believability of News Headlines. In F. D. Davis, R. Riedl, J. vom Brocke, P.-M. Léger, A. B. Randolph, & G. R. Müller-Putz (Eds.), Information Systems and Neuroscience : NeuroIS Retreat 2024, Vienna, Austria (pp. 26-31). Springer. http://www.neurois.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/NeuroIS-Retreat-2024-Preprint-Proceedings.pdf

Duestad, Lotte Lie ; Foss, Hanne Celine ; Tóth, Jenö et al. / Pictures or It Didn’t Happen! How the Use of the Generative AI Images Impacts the Perceived Believability of News Headlines. Information Systems and Neuroscience : NeuroIS Retreat 2024, Vienna, Austria. editor / Fred D. Davis ; René Riedl ; Jan vom Brocke ; Pierre-Majorique Léger ; Adriane B. Randolph ; Gernot R. Müller-Putz. Vienna, Austria : Springer, 2024. pp. 26-31 (Lecture Notes in Information Systems and Organisation).

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Duestad, LL, Foss, HC, Tóth, J & Gleasure, R 2024, Pictures or It Didn’t Happen! How the Use of the Generative AI Images Impacts the Perceived Believability of News Headlines. in FD Davis, R Riedl, J vom Brocke, P-M Léger, AB Randolph & GR Müller-Putz (eds), Information Systems and Neuroscience : NeuroIS Retreat 2024, Vienna, Austria. Springer, Vienna, Austria, Lecture Notes in Information Systems and Organisation, pp. 26-31, NeuroIS Retreat 2024, Vienna, Austria, 09/06/2024. <http://www.neurois.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/NeuroIS-Retreat-2024-Preprint-Proceedings.pdf>

Pictures or It Didn’t Happen! How the Use of the Generative AI Images Impacts the Perceived Believability of News Headlines. / Duestad, Lotte Lie; Foss, Hanne Celine; Tóth, Jenö et al.
Information Systems and Neuroscience : NeuroIS Retreat 2024, Vienna, Austria. ed. / Fred D. Davis; René Riedl; Jan vom Brocke; Pierre-Majorique Léger; Adriane B. Randolph; Gernot R. Müller-Putz. Vienna, Austria: Springer, 2024. p. 26-31 (Lecture Notes in Information Systems and Organisation).

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Duestad LL, Foss HC, Tóth J, Gleasure R. Pictures or It Didn’t Happen! How the Use of the Generative AI Images Impacts the Perceived Believability of News Headlines. In Davis FD, Riedl R, vom Brocke J, Léger PM, Randolph AB, Müller-Putz GR, editors, Information Systems and Neuroscience : NeuroIS Retreat 2024, Vienna, Austria. Vienna, Austria: Springer. 2024. p. 26-31. (Lecture Notes in Information Systems and Organisation).