Yikes! Now Seeing May NOT be Believing


	Yikes! Now Seeing May NOT be Believing

papananook

11-26-2007 10:46 PM

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digital photos, alteration, memories

papananook says:

Be aware that we could be manipulated by altered photos! Stay vigilant.

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In 2003, <EM>Los Angeles Times</EM> photographer Brian Walski caused an uproar when it was discovered that his picture of a British soldier yelling at fleeing residents in Iraq, published prominently by many U.S. newspapers, had been altered. 
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Some researchers are worried that digitally altered photos could alter our perceptions and memories of public events. 
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"It’s potentially a form of human engineering that could be applied to us against our knowledge and against our wishes, and we ought to be vigilant about it," said UC Irvine psychologist Elizabeth Loftus, who designed the study. "With the addition of a few little upsetting and arousing elements in the Rome protest photo, people remembered this peaceful protest as being more violent than it was, and as a society we have to figure how we can regulate this." 
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