The phrase "affecting the perception of" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing how something influences or changes someone's understanding or viewpoint about a particular subject.
Example: "The new marketing strategy is affecting the perception of our brand among consumers."
Alternatives: "influencing the view of" or "shaping the understanding of".
"It's affecting the perception of the village," said Jeff Rosenberg, the president of a recently reinvigorated chamber of commerce.
This effect suffered from Low-Flying-Bird Syndrome: it was certainly off the ground, but it would have cast a larger shadow if it had achieved a greater altitude by casting itself as a more general principle of value — not just a camera's cost affecting the perception of a photo's quality, but a restaurant's cost affecting the perception of a meal's quality, and so forth.
It appears that the similarity of the names is affecting the perception of genomics negatively.
Age is a factor affecting the perception of smile esthetics [9].
The first step is to identify the most important known variables affecting the perception of transfers from a review of the literature.
Several studies investigated the barriers to the diffusion of technologies and practices for industrial energy efficiency, but little attention has been paid to understand the factors affecting the perception of such barriers by SMEs.
This paper investigates the importance of certain person-, context- and design-specific factors affecting the perceptions of pedestrians and drivers to shared space.
So: fanboys affect the perception of what has been made.
But, as "Green Aria" proved, the sense of smell powerfully affects the perception of music.
It affects the perception of everyone in terms of the fairness and the trustworthiness of their employer.
Several years ago, psychologist Jessica Witt of Purdue University and her colleagues reported that sporting performance affects the perception of goal size.
