Political communication has new weaknesses due to the rapid development of AI-generated media, and concern is put on deepfakes and other forms of artificial media. The effects of such digitally distorted content, on the voter's thinking, eroding the feeling of trust that people had on it, and bringing about the new risks of the democratic stability that would remain in India, are addressed in this study. The study suggests mapping the existing literature through the case of the documented instances of the political deepfakes, evaluating the psychological implications of the exposure to the presence of media manipulation, in order to understand the processes behind changing the condition of the misinformation-based ecosystems of the technologically mediated democracies. The study will attempt to make contributions that will be applied to shape the regulatory framework, enhance media literacy and institutional resilience against the higher levels of political manipulation.
Bhadauria et al. (Sun,) studied this question.