Perceived Legitimacy Matters: Building Public Trust and Acceptance of AI-Generated News Images Through Strategic AI Disclosure
Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly
Published online on July 09, 2026
Abstract
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Despite growing newsroom interest in generative visual AI, the use of AI-generated images may backfire. An online experiment (N= 1,171) shows that regardless of disclosure strategies, AI-generated images reduce trust in news organizations and acceptance ...
Despite growing newsroom interest in generative visual AI, the use of AI-generated images may backfire. An online experiment (N= 1,171) shows that regardless of disclosure strategies, AI-generated images reduce trust in news organizations and acceptance ...