Fausey And Broditsky

Fausey and Boroditsky conducted a study with the use of agentive and non agentive linguistic framing to determine how people place blame and decide the punishment . Their inspiration came from legal disputes where linguistic framing impacts the decision-making process even when the events are viewed first . Previous literature asserts that agentive language is strongly influential but does not indicate its impact on punishment . The researchers empirically state the consequences that agentive and non agentive language has on real- world legal disputes . Fausey and Boroditsky conducted three studies . The first study was conducted to determine the influence of linguistic framing on blame and punishment , which instigated the researchers to further …show more content…
Each group was split into three subgroups , only read the passage , read the passage then watched the video , and watch the video and then read the passage . After reading and watching the incident between Justin Timberlake and Janet Jackson the participants had to answer , who was to blame and how much the blamed owed . The results of the third study matched the results of the first two studies and found that participants who read the agentive passage blamed Justin Timberlake and thought he should pay a high fine in all three subgroups . This indicates that language has a greater impact than visual senses on how people perceive blame and punishment . The researchers included the visual aspect in this study because in real life situations are viewed first and then presented in the linguistic form . The researchers conclude that linguistic framing effects decisions . Specifically , the agentive language will elicit more blame and a higher ranking of punishment then non-agentive language . The subtle difference can have severe consequences , especially in legal situations