Memorability and Cognitive Errors in Recognizing Graffiti in Urban Environments: Results from a Field Experiment
Nauchnyi Dialog,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
14(2), С. 163 - 180
Опубликована: Март 26, 2025
The
authors
of
vandalistic
alterations
to
urban
environments
aim
make
their
works
noticeable
the
maximum
number
observers
in
order
draw
attention
statements.
However,
from
perspective
“inadvertent
observer,”
visibility
unauthorized
graffiti
as
elements
landscape
and
cognitive
impact
are
not
immediately
evident.
objective
this
study
is
examine
perception
form
images
vandalized
texts,
focusing
on
recognition
memorization
by
observers”
natural
settings
during
a
walking
route.
Participants
field
experiment
(29
individuals
aged
14
59)
were
asked
walk
along
pedestrian
route
city
center
Yekaterinburg.
direction
participants’
gaze
was
tracked
using
mobile
eyetracking
glasses.
After
completing
route,
respondents
selected
(both
texts)
encountered
way
set
alternatives
presented
questionnaire.
It
found
that
most
frequently
recognized
participants
18
29,
with
no
significant
differences
based
gender.
A
preference
for
recognizing
over
texts
identified.
Familiar
comprehensible
graffiti,
well
those
addressing
atypical
(particularly
religious)
themes,
more
readily.
Cognitive
errors
(e.g.,
memory
attribution
errors)
linked
widespread
presence
typical
environments.
Язык: Английский
Cognitive Mechanisms of Graffiti: Compression, Defocusing, and Focusing
Nauchnyi Dialog,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
13(8), С. 171 - 187
Опубликована: Окт. 27, 2024
This
study
aims
to
identify
the
predominant
cognitive
mechanisms
underlying
graffiti.
The
analysis
is
based
on
photographs
of
over
2000
instances
urban
graphic
defacement
(i.e.,
graffiti)
documented
in
major
cities
across
Russia,
including
Yekaterinburg,
Moscow,
Saint
Petersburg,
and
Nizhny
Novgorod.
Utilizing
content
expert
evaluation
methods,
research
delineates
three
key
that
contribute
semantic
unity
first
mechanism,
compression,
manifests
defacements
through
linguistic
play
or
transmission
discursive
texts.
second
defocusing,
linguistically
actualized
technique
absurdity
(everyday
anchors
illogicality)
activation
emotion
surprise.
It
noted
surprise
elicits
various
reactions
from
audience
—
such
as
loss
control,
bewilderment,
uncertainty
which
subsequently
leads
prolonged
retention
memory
meanings
embedded
respective
graffiti
against
a
backdrop
vivid
atypical
psycho-emotional
states.
third
focusing,
embodied
philosophical
Язык: Английский