title: Wedding Imagery and Public Support for Gay Marriage.
abstract: This study uses an experiment embedded in a large, nationally representative survey to test whether exposure to imagery of a gay or lesbian couple's wedding influences support for gay marriage. It also tests whether any such effects depend on the nature of the image (gay or lesbian couple, kissing or not) and viewer characteristics (sex, age, race, education, religion, and ideology). Results show that exposure to imagery of a gay couple kissing reduced support for gay marriage relative to the baseline. Other image treatments (gay couple not kissing, lesbian couple kissing, lesbian couple not kissing) did not significantly influence opinion.
authors: a Center for Political Communication , University of Delaware , Newark , Delaware , USA.
authors: Paul R
authors: PR
authors: Brewer
authors: b Department of Political Science and International Relations , University of Delaware , Newark , Delaware , USA.
authors: David C
authors: DC
authors: Wilson
authors: b Department of Political Science and International Relations , University of Delaware , Newark , Delaware , USA.
authors: Michael
authors: M
authors: Habegger
mesh_terms: D005191:Family Characteristics; D005260:Female; D018452:Homosexuality, Female / Q000523:psychology*; D018451:Homosexuality, Male / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008149:Love; D008297:Male; D008393:Marriage / Q000523:psychology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010781:Photography; D011639:Public Opinion; D000072339:Sexual and Gender Minorities / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014110:Touch; D014481:United States
keywords: Experiment; gay marriage; imagery; prejudice; public opinion; survey; wedding