Synthetic Media and Content

Published 2021-03

Synthetic media consists of algorithmically generated digital content, including audio, video, deepfakes, virtual characters and environments, and more.

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Verdict

persistedThe same trend is listed again within the publisher's next two editions (D33).

Continued as ftsg-tech-trends-2022-179

A trend is graded on whether the publisher keeps it, never as a hit or a miss (D6, D33).

The same forecast in other editions

2020rank 405
2021rank 498

All captured fields

rank: 498
section: New Realities & Synthetic Media
subsection: New Realities / Synthetic Media and Content
subject: Synthetic Media and Content
years on list: 2ND YEAR ON THE LIST
page: 134
confidence: high
note: Umbrella section page: carries the publisher's year tag and a key insight, so it counts as a trend (D40). Appended 2026-10-02 after the existing entries (D15); it is not a trend line in the contents.