Visual perception of a photo crowd can be distorted by political bias
Evidence
Perhaps they just assumed the turnout for Trump was bigger than it really was. Yet, another group was asked a much simpler question: which photo has more people in it? Still 15 per cent of Trump voters said there were more people present in the right-hand image (Trump’s inauguration) than the left-hand image, compared to 2 per cent of Clinton voters. The researchers were so stunned by this result that they concluded that something else must be going on. You cannot look at these images and conclude with a straight face that the image on the right has more people in it than the left. The answer is politically motivated. — Sander van der Linden, Foolproof, 109
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Visual media presentation changes political persuasion outcomes.; Perceptual grouping of people enables but does not cause prejudice — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 836; Group political visibility depends on physical or institutional markers rather than abstract status — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 1926 (+5 more)
Broader Connections
- Visual media presentation changes political persuasion outcomes.
#expands(0.85) - Perceptual inaccuracy in group perception indicates manipulation of social reality
#corroborates(0.80) — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 892 - Perceiving group differences is not itself prejudice, only biased perception of them is
#qualifies(0.78) — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 836 - Group political visibility depends on physical or institutional markers rather than abstract status
#expands(0.75) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 1926 - Intergroup bias and perceptual sensitivity can coexist within the same perceivers.
#complicates(0.75) — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 884 - Perceptual grouping of people enables but does not cause prejudice
#qualifies(0.72) — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 836