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The Jury Persuaded (and Not): Computer Animation in the Courtroom
Author(s) -
DUNN MEGHAN A.,
SALOVEY PETER,
FEIGENSON NEAL
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
law and policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.534
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1467-9930
pISSN - 0265-8240
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9930.2006.00225.x
Subject(s) - animation , jury , crash , computer animation , computer science , computer facial animation , accident (philosophy) , psychology , computer graphics (images) , law , political science , philosophy , epistemology , programming language
In two experiments, we examined the persuasiveness of computer animation on juror decision making by comparing animation to diagrams in two mock trials—a plane crash case and a car accident case. The persuasiveness of the animation on verdicts was dependent on the case; in the plane crash case, participants rendered verdicts in favor of the side presenting the animation. In the car accident case, the animation had no effect on verdicts. The role of familiarity with the depicted scenario is discussed as a possible explanation for the differing impact of animation. Additionally, jurors’ expectations about the persuasiveness of animations were discrepant with the animations’ actual influence on jurors’ verdicts.