The effects of visual isolation on the perception of scandalized politicians

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ID7513159
AutoresChristian Von Sikorski (0000-0002-3787-8277, autor correspondente), Mark Ludwig (0000-0003-1004-3250)
Ano2018
Volume43
Fascículo2
Páginas235-257
Data de publicação2018-01-30
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoCommunications (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0588-8018 • E-ISSN: 2102-5924
EditoraDe Gruyter Mouton (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1515/commun-2017-0054
OpenAlexW2793206183
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas9

In their depictions of scandalized politicians, journalists frequently use news images that highlight the (alleged) isolation of politicians. To test how this way of portraying political actors affects a recipient’s attitudes and his/her guilt perception toward such a scandalized politician an experiment was conducted. All participants were exposed to the identical textual information. However, the visual information (degree of isolation) was systematically altered. A multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA) showed that participants – exposed to a visual highlighting the isolation of the politician – evaluated the politician in a significantly more negative way and rated other recipients’ perceptions of the politician’s level of guilt to be higher

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