Are Music Perceptions Biased by Priming Effects of Journalism?
Author(s): Mark C. Gridley, Robert Hoff
Abstract: A study was undertaken to determine whether expressed journalist perceptions of emotion would bias the perception of listeners. A sample of 142 undergraduate psychology students from two different colleges listened to a recorded jazz saxophone improvisation and indicated their perception of emotion on a 7-point scale of friendly – angry. Half the participants preceded their listening by reading that a journalist had reviewed the music as angry. Perceptions of anger in the music were significantly higher among those listeners than among listeners who had not read the journalist’s remark.
Keywords: Emotion perception; Music perception; Media influence; Bias; Expectation effects
Article: e14003
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