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About face: Facial prominence of George W. Bush in political cartoons as a function of war.

Calogero, Rachel M., Mullen, Brian (2008) About face: Facial prominence of George W. Bush in political cartoons as a function of war. Leadership Quarterly, 19 (1). pp. 107-116. ISSN 1048-9843. (doi:10.1016/j.leaqua.2007.12.007) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:4155)

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Abstract

Facial prominence, defined as the relative proportion of a visual depiction of a person devoted to portrayal of the head vs. the rest of the body, has been interpreted as an indicator of power or dominance. An archival study examined the facial prominence of a single political target, George W. Bush, in political cartoons as a function of involvement in war. For two different wars, results revealed lower facial prominence in the portrayal of the target after the onset of war. These results were not a function of the topic of the cartoon and could not be explained by intentional efforts to derogate the target. The portrayal of a political leader as less powerful and less dominant after involvement in war is inconsistent with predictions for facial prominence effects. The implications of these paradoxical results for the study of facial prominence in media portrayals of political leaders are considered.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2007.12.007
Uncontrolled keywords: facial prominence; political cartoons; George W. Bush; war; political leader
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Human and Social Sciences > School of Psychology
Depositing User: Rachel Calogero
Date Deposited: 04 Feb 2009 13:59 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 09:42 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/4155 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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Calogero, Rachel M..

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