Saw an interesting bit on the news today. They said that a University in Israel did a Psychology/Sociology experiment where it got a whole load of people (i think about 200) to watch a speech by Obama on Middle East policies.
- Half of them where put in a room and asked to watch the speech with the caption; Barrack Obama at the bottom of the screen.
- The other half where put in a separate room and asked to watch the same speech but with the caption; Barrack Hussein Obama at the bottom of the screen.
At the end they where asked questions on the speech and it was found that the people who watched the ''Barrack Hussein Obama'' video assumed that Obama had much more Pro-Muslim views than the people who just watched the Barrack Obama video. Quite an interesting conclusion, that something as arbitrary as a name can have so much effect on peoples opinion.
- Half of them where put in a room and asked to watch the speech with the caption; Barrack Obama at the bottom of the screen.
- The other half where put in a separate room and asked to watch the same speech but with the caption; Barrack Hussein Obama at the bottom of the screen.
At the end they where asked questions on the speech and it was found that the people who watched the ''Barrack Hussein Obama'' video assumed that Obama had much more Pro-Muslim views than the people who just watched the Barrack Obama video. Quite an interesting conclusion, that something as arbitrary as a name can have so much effect on peoples opinion.