scholarly journals Accent and television journalism: evidence for the practice of speech language pathologists and audiologists

CoDAS ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 25 (5) ◽  
pp. 475-481 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leonardo Wanderley Lopes ◽  
Ivonaldo Leidson Barbosa Lima ◽  
Eveline Goncalves Silva ◽  
Larissa Nadjara Alves de Almeida ◽  
Anna Alice Figueiredo de Almeida
Keyword(s):  
Television News ◽  
Semantic Differential ◽  
Semantic Differential Scale ◽  
Speech Language Pathologists ◽  
Standard Text ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Television Journalists ◽  
Television Journalism

PURPOSE: To analyze the preferences and attitudes of listeners in relation to regional (RA) and softened accents (SA) in television journalism. METHODS: Three television news presenters recorded carrier phrases and a standard text using RA and SA. The recordings were presented to 105 judges who listened to the word pairs and answered whether they perceived differences between the RA and SA, and the type of pronunciation that they preferred in the speech of television news presenters. Afterwards, they listened to the sentences and judged seven attributes in the contexts of RA and SA using a semantic differential scale. RESULTS: The listeners perceived the difference between the regional and softened pronunciation (p<0.0001). They preferred the SA in the presenters' speech in all variants studied (p<0.0001). There was an association between linguistic variants and the judgment of attitudes (p=0.002). The listeners regarded the presence of SA in the presenters' speech as positive in all variants studied (p<0.0001). CONCLUSION: The listeners prefer and assign positive values to the SA in the speech of television journalists in all linguistic variants studied.

Effects of colour, area and height on space perception

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nattha Savavibool
Keyword(s):  
Space Perception ◽  
Semantic Differential ◽  
Semantic Differential Scale ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Spatial Properties ◽  
Interior Designers ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Neutral Colour

Colours and the spatial properties of the workplace are primarily visually conveyed.  The aim of this study determines how colour, area and height influence space perception. 80 interior designers participated in this experiment to evaluate the sixteen workspace images on the internet-based questionnaires.  Four factors of space perception; spaciousness, openness, complexity, and order, were assessed using a semantic differential scale. The outcomes revealed that variations in space perception were significantly associated with the difference in colour, area, and height. Neutral colour in all area and height obtained the highest rating of the overall factors, followed by cool colours. 

Effects of Colour, Area, and Height on Space Perception

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (6) ◽  
pp. 351 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nattha Savavibool ◽  
Chumporn Moorapun
Keyword(s):  
Space Perception ◽  
Semantic Differential ◽  
Semantic Differential Scale ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Spatial Properties ◽  
Interior Designers ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Neutral Colour

Colours and the spatial properties of the workplace are primarily visually conveyed. The aim of this study determines how colour, area and height influence space perception. 80 interior designers participated in this experiment to evaluate the sixteen workspace images on the internet-based questionnaires. Four factors of space perception; spaciousness, openness, complexity, and order, were assessed using a semantic differential scale. The outcomes revealed that variations in space perception were significantly associated with the difference in colour, area, and height. Neutral colour in all area and height obtained the highest rating of the overall factors, followed by cool colours.

The Hearing Aid Effect in African American and Caucasian Males as Perceived by Female Judges of the Same Race

1999 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 165-172 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Davis ◽  
Rhonda Jackson ◽  
Tina Smith ◽  
William Cooper
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Hearing Aids ◽  
Undergraduate Education ◽  
Hearing Aid ◽  
Semantic Differential ◽  
Semantic Differential Scale ◽  
Education Majors ◽  
Female Undergraduate ◽  
Lay Persons ◽  
Males And Females

Prior studies have proven the existence of the "hearing aid effect" when photographs of Caucasian males and females wearing a body aid, a post-auricular aid (behind-the-ear), or no hearing aid were judged by lay persons and professionals. This study was performed to determine if African American and Caucasian males, judged by female members of their own race, were likely to be judged in a similar manner on the basis of appearance, personality, assertiveness, and achievement. Sixty female undergraduate education majors (30 African American; 30 Caucasian) used a semantic differential scale to rate slides of preteen African American and Caucasian males, with and without hearing aids. The results of this study showed that female African American and Caucasian judges rated males of their respective races differently. The hearing aid effect was predominant among the Caucasian judges across the dimensions of appearance, personality, assertiveness, and achievement. In contrast, the African American judges only exhibited a hearing aid effect on the appearance dimension.

ESTIMATES OF IMPRESSIONS BASED ON FREQUENCY OF BLINKING

2001 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 159-167 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yasuko Omori ◽  
Yo Miyata
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
University Students ◽  
Impression Formation ◽  
Semantic Differential ◽  
Semantic Differential Scale ◽  
Japanese University

The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of frequency of blinking on creating a personal impression. The subjects were 88 Japanese university students, 35 males and 53 females, who rated stimulus persons on a seven-point semantic differential scale. The stimulus persons, two males and two females, were presented on a 20-second video simulating various blink rates, i.e., 3, 6, 9, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48, 72, and 96 blinks/min. A factor analysis of the ratings yielded three factors, interpreted as Nervousness, Unfriendliness, and Carelessness. As the frequency of the stimulus persons'blinking increased, so did the tendency to rate them as more nervous and more careless. As for Unfriendliness, there was a U-shaped relation between the frequency of blinking and the impressions formed. Present results provide evidence that frequency of blinking plays an important role in impression formation. Further implications of the findings are discussed.

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