Voice pitch and politics: How voices (and faces and weight) win votes, with Casey Klofstad. 06 Oct 2015
Summary: <p>How voices and faces win votes. I talk to <a href="http://www.twitter.com/klofstad">Casey Klofstad</a> about his new research into voice pitch and the effect it has on perceptions of a political candidate's age, strength, and competence. We'll also look at how other nonverbal cues, including facial appearance, influence election success.</p><p><audio> </audio> </p><p><a href="http://archive.org/download/pap-2015-10-06/pap-2015-10-06.mp3">Download the MP3</a> </p><p><b>Rate me!</b> Rate, review, or listen <a href="http://www.robertburriss.com/itunes">in iTunes</a> or <a href="http://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=63199&refid=stpr">in Stitcher.</a> </p><p><b>Read the transcript!</b><br> <a href="https://medium.com/@RobertBurriss/would-anyone-vote-for-that-face-7439c9c0760e">Would anyone vote for that face?</a></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-w5ap1uFa_HU/VfBvZ33jS6I/AAAAAAAABew/wezLkBOCZag/s2048-Ic42/o-MARGARET-THATCHER-SPEECH-facebook.jpg"></div><p><i>Are female political candidates more successful if they have deep voices? New research by Casey Klofstad shows that Margaret Thatcher may have been correct to lower her voice an octave or two.</i></p><p><b>The articles covered in the show:</b> </p><p>Elmore, W., Vonnahame, E. M., Thompson, L., Filion, D., & Lundgren, J. D. (2015). Evaluating political candidates: Does weight matter? <span style="font-style: italic;">Translational Issues in Psychological Science, 1</span>(3), 287-297. <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/tps0000033">Read summary</a></p><p>Klofstad, C. A., Anderson, C., & Nowicki, S. (2015). Perceptions of competence, strength, and age influence voters to select leaders with lower-pitched voices. <span style="font-style: italic;">PLoS One, 10</span>(8), e0133779. <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0133779">Read paper</a></p><p>Laustsen, L., & Petersen, M. B. (in press). Winning faces vary by ideology: How nonverbal source cues influence election and communication success in politics. <span style="font-style: italic;">Political Communication</span>. <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10584609.2015.1050565">Read summary</a></p><p></p>
